as in drug
a drink that is meant to have a special or magical effect on someone
a potion that is supposed to improve health The hero in the play is given a magic potion so that he will fall in love with the princess. medical potions sleeping potions
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Recent Examples of potion
Eventually Adina pledges her love for Nemorino, but not due to any potion.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
But the fact that Shakespeare wrote about love potions, sleeping potions, and other fanciful elixirs isn’t conclusive evidence.
—Sam Kelly
july 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
To today's ear, the elixirs, potions and tonics sold at Haag sound like a traveling medicine man’s inventory: Swamp root, Danderine, Sloan’s Liniment, Catarrh Jelly, Wine of Cardue.
—Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Soda Potion: The electrifying effect of this potion is as mysterious as its recipe: an accidental combo of fantastic fizzy flavors.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
But the fact that Shakespeare wrote about love potions, sleeping potions, and other fanciful elixirs isn’t conclusive evidence.
—Sam Kelly
july 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
To today's ear, the elixirs, potions and tonics sold at Haag sound like a traveling medicine man’s inventory: Swamp root, Danderine, Sloan’s Liniment, Catarrh Jelly, Wine of Cardue.
—Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Soda Potion: The electrifying effect of this potion is as mysterious as its recipe: an accidental combo of fantastic fizzy flavors.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potion
Noun
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Their calls to abolish those search warrants joined the nationwide movement triggered by the 2020 police shooting of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in Louisville, Kentucky, during a flawed drug investigation.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Trump administration told Newsweek that all ICE recruits are required to go through medical screening, drug screening and complete a physical fitness test.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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Tyrion received medication to reduce inflammation for a few weeks, but there was no injury or surgery to recover from—only the need to adapt to life as a paralyzed dog.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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During the early 20th century, bromide salts were available in an array of over-the-counter medications aimed at issues like anxiety, insomnia, and hysteria.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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By the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, some areas of medicine, such as psychiatry, would face increasing criticism, including from social movements representing women and LGBT people.—
Time,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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When Alec Flynn was in college, the comedian began using standup as a form of medicine to help with depression.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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Letters describing the saftey risk are to be sent Aug. 25 and follow up letters are to be sent when a remedy is available.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
4 Aug. 2025
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Rebuilding an executive brand after an ugly headline takes messy phone calls, late-night revisions and the nerve to admit the first dozen remedies flopped in public view.—
Jon Michail,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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In the series, which has now garnered hundreds of thousands of likes on the platform, Kaitlin shares information about her daughter’s health status, information about the disease and updates in the national search for a cure.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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There is no cure for chikungunya, and treatment depends on the management of symptoms.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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Sixty-five-year-old Jep Gambardella, indolent and disenchanted, his eyes permanently imbued with gin and tonic, watches this parade of hollow, doomed, powerful yet depressed humanity.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2025
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Darling's offers a wide selection of gin, cocktails, and other drinks, including a popular house gin and tonic.—
Amanda Hancock,
The Courier-Journal,
31 July 2025
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Officers also found a notebook containing what appeared to be a goodbye note, multiple prescription bottles — some empty, others with pills — with miscellaneous paperwork, and a vehicle title.—
Amanda Jackson,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Adapted from the Donald E. Westlake novel The Ax, updated for our precarious moment in time, Park’s No Other Choice is enthralling all the way to its brilliant bitter pill of an ending.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Potion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potion. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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