as in remedy
something that cures all ills or problems
a woman who seems to believe that chicken soup is a panacea for nearly everything
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Recent Examples of panacea
But this doesn’t mean cortisol cocktails are a stress-busting panacea.
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 17 July 2025
But tariffs are not a panacea that will revive the manufacturing industry, Pepperdine’s Parsons said.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
For Harris, the boom has been a blessing but not a panacea.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 12 July 2025
Identifying the proper policy panacea to this challenge dominates debates at the local and state levels.
—Jamie Kennedy, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 17 July 2025
But tariffs are not a panacea that will revive the manufacturing industry, Pepperdine’s Parsons said.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
For Harris, the boom has been a blessing but not a panacea.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 12 July 2025
Identifying the proper policy panacea to this challenge dominates debates at the local and state levels.
—Jamie Kennedy, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for panacea
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panacea
Noun
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The best smart telescopes offer a powerful remedy to this problem in the form of advanced image stacking and real-time processing to filter out artificial light interference and reveal detail in objects that would be difficult to observe with the naked eye or traditional optics.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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As the Harvard Business Review (HBR) explains, learning is a remedy for the fear of failure.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is no cure or treatment for the disease beyond treatment of symptoms.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
12 Sep. 2025
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But don’t listen to the pessimists who say there is no cure.—
Emily Trainham,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The oil-free elixir blends l-ascorbic acid, silymarin, ferulic acid, and salicylic acid to protect against free radical damage, stave off excess oil production, and clarify pores.—
Akili King,
Vogue,
10 Sep. 2025
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Made with 83 ingredients, think of it as part greens powder, part gut-health-supporting drink, and part adaptogenic elixir.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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According to Pliny the Elder, a first-century naturalist, the plant was a cure-all and had the power to alleviate a wide variety of health concerns.—
Demir Alp,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Aug. 2025
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But magnesium is not a cure-all, Pasquariello cautioned.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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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.—
Tom Zeller Jr.
July 30,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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His personal integrity conflicts with liberal nostrums, resulting in Fish and Poinsettia’s bizarre repulsion-attraction rapport.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 June 2025
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“Panacea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panacea. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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