wonder drug

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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
  • And people with debilitating conditions aren’t necessarily expecting a miracle drug, said the anonymous Reddit user.
    Sara Talpos — Undark, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The trail leads to powerful tech billionaire Byron Forst (Ashton Kutcher), creator of an injectable miracle drug called The Beauty.
    Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Every 15 days under the previous administration, more Americans died as a result of drugs than were killed on 9/11.
    Gabe Evans, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Excessive speed did not factor in the collision, and the rider was not believed to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time, said police.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Cabrera is accused of having a cockfighting training ring, a dead rooster in a cage, a rooster agitator (a device used to incite fighting), a gun, rooster vitamins, syringes and medication on his property.
    Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Some insurance plans link coverage and out-of-pocket costs to the list price of medications.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • That melodic emphasis is a powerful remedy for Evaporator’s limited and occasionally even formulaic sound.
    Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Already, the president signed a 10% global tariff on Friday under a separate trade law and hinted at several other remedies aimed at restricting imports.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The actor threw himself into ALS advocacy post-diagnosis, partnering with organizations to secure funding for research into a cure for the disease.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
  • There is no cure, though some patients can live for decades.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026

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“Wonder drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonder%20drug. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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