as in remedy
something that cures all ills or problems
a woman who seems to believe that chicken soup is a panacea for nearly everything
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Recent Examples of panacea
Young Democrats show Jeffersonian flair Youth for youth’s sake is not a panacea — for example, Republicans Matt Gaetz and Carolina Amesty are hardly lodestars for political emulation.
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Decades ago, much of the nation believed that moderate drinking was harmless, and that red wine, in particular, might be a panacea.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
There is no panacea, but there are fundamental principles to follow.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
The set includes Brisket & Rib Rub, Steak Seasoning, Burger Spice, and poultry panacea, Rooster Rub.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
Decades ago, much of the nation believed that moderate drinking was harmless, and that red wine, in particular, might be a panacea.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
There is no panacea, but there are fundamental principles to follow.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
The set includes Brisket & Rib Rub, Steak Seasoning, Burger Spice, and poultry panacea, Rooster Rub.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for panacea
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panacea
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Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk are expected to be mailed Feb. 3 and final letters will be mailed when a remedy is found.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Several audience members questioned TxDOT’s belief in highway expansion as the region’s ideal congestion remedy.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Jan. 2025
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Moving beyond medicine, the series examines ethical questions about our healthcare system and why specific treatments and cures are withheld unless purchased.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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The Federation Council, no longer claiming the moral high ground over Section 31, later decided to withhold the cure.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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My obsession with the savory, comforting elixir born from braising greens just shy of an eternity began not with my grandmother, but with one of my best friends, Dana Stinson.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
29 Dec. 2024
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In 2017, fragments of wine jars discovered South of Tbilisi confirmed what Georgians had always known: that their relationship with the elixir has stretched back at least 8,000 years.—
Kurt Johnson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Dec. 2024
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Obviously, a generative AI model is not a substitute for a licensed financial advisor nor the cure-all for all fiscal woes.—
Tor Constantino, MBA,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Carbon capture, while often proposed as a technological cure-all for emissions, has proven to be both inefficient and insufficient in addressing the full pollutive effects of fossil fuel burning.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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That’s because the agency’s duty is to stand in the way of businesses desiring to push unsafe and ineffective nostrums at unwary consumers, and also in the way of a perverse idea that personal freedom includes the freedom to be gulled by charlatans.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Population trends today should raise serious questions about all the old nostrums that humans are somehow hard-wired to replace themselves to continue the species.—
Nicholas Eberstadt,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Oct. 2024
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“Panacea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panacea. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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