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
As a result of her work with AMRs, Wise avoids framing humanoids as some sort of industrial panacea for every economic ill, from labor shortages to manufacturing bottlenecks.
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James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
In the last year or so, health influencers — and a lot of women on social media — have talked up testosterone therapy as a kind of perimenopausal panacea.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
However, the BofA report notes that consumer momentum appeared to wane over the Black Friday weekend, suggesting holiday spending might not be the panacea retailers had hoped for.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Microfinance was hailed as a panacea, a low-cost solution to ineptitude, corruption, and limited state capacity that could both help the poor and benefit socially conscious investors.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
In the last year or so, health influencers — and a lot of women on social media — have talked up testosterone therapy as a kind of perimenopausal panacea.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 25 Dec. 2025
However, the BofA report notes that consumer momentum appeared to wane over the Black Friday weekend, suggesting holiday spending might not be the panacea retailers had hoped for.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
Microfinance was hailed as a panacea, a low-cost solution to ineptitude, corruption, and limited state capacity that could both help the poor and benefit socially conscious investors.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for panacea
Noun
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There is a bit of an ideological bent to the debate over whether, for example, federal courts can provide remedies for unconstitutional actions by federal officers without an express act of Congress.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Do not make your own elderberry remedies without consulting experts on how to make them safely.—
Julie Scott,
Verywell Health,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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While research is advancing, there is no cure for the disease, although medications are available to manage symptoms.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Instead of finding a cure, the campaign sought to break the worm's life cycle in communities suffering from the parasite —persuading millions to change their behavior.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Plus, unlike other breezy elixirs of its ilk, this one lasts throughout the day with no need to reapply.—
Sophie Wirt,
InStyle,
28 Jan. 2026
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Arenas – a McDonald’s All-American and the son of three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas – was not a magic elixir, and the Trojans struggled to find another solution in a 74-68 loss to a Northwestern team that had been winless in conference play.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There is not a cure-all formula, there is only hard individual work.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Jan. 2026
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That said, it’s not meant to be a cure-all.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Because of the false but persistent and powerfully seductive nostrum that reducing the value of a country’s currency will stimulate its economy by making its exports cheaper and its imports more expensive.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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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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“Panacea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panacea. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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