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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Creating majority-Black districts in the South has been a longstanding remedy to the historic dispersal of minority populations across multiple districts to dilute their voting power.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The big tech giant won’t be required to sell its Chrome browser — one of the remedies originally requested by the Biden-era Department of Justice.—
Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Although there is treatment that focuses on minimizing further damage, there is currently no cure for MS.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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The good news is, while there is still no cure, Indigo can live a full life with Moyamoya with the right medications and most likely further surgeries.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
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While the market brims with neon nootropics and mushroom elixirs, Dekáf remains stubbornly grounded.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
28 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
Noun
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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 6 Sep. 2025.
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