as in nostrum
something that cures all ills or problems
the wizard's attempts to concoct a theriac for the king came to naught
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Recent Examples of theriac
But with its long list of as many as 80 ingredients and high status, theriac was expensive and exclusive.
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Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
Zinc lozenges suddenly became the theriac to cure all ills; masks and hand-sanitizer, the ambergris and zedoary to ward off infection.
—Spencer Strub, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2020
Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
Zinc lozenges suddenly became the theriac to cure all ills; masks and hand-sanitizer, the ambergris and zedoary to ward off infection.
—Spencer Strub, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for theriac
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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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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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
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Technology in the provision of educational instruction is not a panacea or substitute for live presentation.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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As the Japanese experience has shown, financial repression would offer no panacea to the United States.—
Kenneth S. Rogoff,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Plus, the cheaper money isn’t an immediate cure.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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While far from a cure, the study points to a new path that combines advanced manufacturing, stem cell science, and regenerative medicine.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Theriac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/theriac. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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