as in panacea
something that cures all ills or problems
a quack nostrum for cancer of all types
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Recent Examples of nostrum
But Wolff’s work and influence, alongside a simultaneous rise in the fields of psychology and psychosomatic medicine, helped to disperse those nostrums into the wider culture—and into the prevailing paradigm within which other headache scientists and clinicians toiled.
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Tom Zeller Jr.
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
His personal integrity conflicts with liberal nostrums, resulting in Fish and Poinsettia’s bizarre repulsion-attraction rapport.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025
Kennedy has promoted almost useless nostrums against measles, such as Vitamin A, while describing vaccination as a personal choice.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Eight years later, Democrats have devolved into nostrums about appealing to the middle class, ditching academic language, and finding a uniting message.
—Alexander Nazaryan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
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Tom Zeller Jr.
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
His personal integrity conflicts with liberal nostrums, resulting in Fish and Poinsettia’s bizarre repulsion-attraction rapport.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025
Kennedy has promoted almost useless nostrums against measles, such as Vitamin A, while describing vaccination as a personal choice.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Eight years later, Democrats have devolved into nostrums about appealing to the middle class, ditching academic language, and finding a uniting message.
—Alexander Nazaryan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nostrum
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The use of video technology has increased the scrutiny, even though it was never sold as a panacea to the issue of refereeing misjudgments.—
Graham Scott,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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To be sure, Ebony Alerts are not a panacea.—
Itay Ravid,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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Many of the cultural icons who are seeking the elixir of youth are missing an important point.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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Take a look at my medicine cabinet, stuffed with $200+ elixirs, and decide for yourself.—
Sophie Wirt,
InStyle,
9 Apr. 2026
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As an aside, often responses will come in that do attempt to diagnose a medical condition or remedy based on a brief description of a problem in a letter.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Another remedy or obstacle, depending on your viewpoint, is coming to the city in the form of speed cameras.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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If the foliage has died back, dig up the tubers and store them in a dark place for seven to 10 days to let their skin cure.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
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As Bastian reads, a boy named Atreyu (Noah Hathaway), while pursued by a green-eyed creature called G’mork (Alan Oppenheimer), is dispatched by the Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach) to find the cure for the mysterious nothingness enveloping the kingdom.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
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But with its long list of as many as 80 ingredients and high status, theriac was expensive and exclusive.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Discover Magazine,
15 Feb. 2023
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Zinc lozenges suddenly became the theriac to cure all ills; masks and hand-sanitizer, the ambergris and zedoary to ward off infection.—
Spencer Strub,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Mar. 2020
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However, the researchers warned that affection isn't a cure-all, and that if alcohol is framed as a universal coping mechanism, a teenager is far more likely to adopt that behavior.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Both Ali and Katz underlined that psilocybin is not a magic cure-all.—
Natalia V. Osipova,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Nostrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nostrum. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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