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
The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, may well have died from mercury in an immortality potion concocted by his alchemists.
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Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Aside from resembling a medieval torture device, the face wrap is also reminiscent of a scene of the 1992 dark comedy Death Becomes Her, about two women who drink a mysterious potion promising eternal youth.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
For the potion to work, Iris has to bless it by chanting over an outside fire in the nude.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 25 July 2025
The market for chronic nausea relief runs the gamut from old-fashioned elastic wristbands with integral pressure-producing inserts to soothing over-the-counter potions to medications approved by regulatory agencies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2021
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Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Aside from resembling a medieval torture device, the face wrap is also reminiscent of a scene of the 1992 dark comedy Death Becomes Her, about two women who drink a mysterious potion promising eternal youth.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
For the potion to work, Iris has to bless it by chanting over an outside fire in the nude.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 25 July 2025
The market for chronic nausea relief runs the gamut from old-fashioned elastic wristbands with integral pressure-producing inserts to soothing over-the-counter potions to medications approved by regulatory agencies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potion
Noun
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Petro has scaled back efforts to target drug supply, instead trying to solve the issue through social programs.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The researchers tested their two-part drug on mice and zebrafish engineered to produce β-glucuronidase, and found that the drug was activated almost exclusively in tumors, sparing healthy tissue and organs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many parents from my practice share a common concern about their children taking asthma medications with steroids.—
Rhonda Conner-Warren,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some experts believe that certain medications — a category called fall risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) — could be to blame.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When Best of Beauty launched in 1996, skin care was something best kept hidden behind your medicine cabinet.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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At the time, society considered whiskey as a suitable medicine for cancer, typhoid, and diphtheria among other illnesses.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
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
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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
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Wash it all down with any of the craft cocktails; the Green Lotus is a refreshing option with lemongrass infused vodka, cucumber and tonic.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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As for drinks, consider ordering a lavender gin and tonic or a Colorado mule from the specialty menu.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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Only the longest, softest fibers make it into the final yarn, as those pill less than shorter ones.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
13 Sep. 2025
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This can be done through daily pills or monthly injections.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Potion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potion. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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