wonder drug

Definition of wonder drugnext

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Recent Examples of wonder drug Sometimes dubbed wonder drugs, the injection-format medicines, which include major brand names like Ozempic and Wegovy can assist in major weight loss. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025 There’s a little bit of business about how Zora and her team will be harvesting blood from the biggest dinos of land, sea, and sky in order to create a wonder drug that will cure heart disease … and isn’t heart disease how her mother died? Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 July 2025 This class of treatment — monoclonal antibodies, special artificial proteins that carry instructions to the body’s immune system — have the potential to be a genuine all-in-one allergy wonder drug. Dylan Scott, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025 Photo: David Yellen The first great wonder drug was insulin, the blood-sugar-regulating hormone that was isolated in Canada nearly a century ago. IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2015 See All Example Sentences for wonder drug
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Noun
  • Its reputation as a miracle drug for animal and human disease began with its discovery in the 1970s.
    Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026
  • And people with debilitating conditions aren’t necessarily expecting a miracle drug, said the anonymous Reddit user.
    Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The third site, in the 900 block of Reno Avenue in Modesto, was used by the drug trafficking organization to store and distribute illicit narcotics, which were being sold throughout Northern California, authorities said.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Wardens were previously required to provide, as well as cover the cost of, hormonal drugs and medically unnecessary procedures to prisoners who sought to physically alter themselves to appear as the opposite sex.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In 2022, former President Joe Biden’s BOP reinstated the Transgender Offender Manual, which was originally released by the Obama-Biden administration in January 2017, but that version had only made hormone medication accessible at the time.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2026
  • While mushrooms can be nutritional powerhouses, eating the wrong species of mushroom can kill you, while others can cause allergic reactions, digestive issues and negatively interact with certain medications, especially blood thinners.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Harrison wrote that her office reserves the right to use other remedies at its disposal.
    Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • But a remedy is still under development for the recall impacting the Escapes, Corsairs, Aviators and Explorers, this week's recall announcement noted.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Seeing a large patch of them in full flower can be a cure for cabin fever.
    Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • There is no cure for this disease, so dispose of these plants before the beetles can feed further and spread the bacteria to other plants.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026

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“Wonder drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonder%20drug. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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