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wonder drug

noun

Definition of wonder drug

as in miracle drug

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Recent Examples of wonder drug The Second World War and the Cold War caused similar bursts in invention, creating nuclear power, radar, wonder drugs, computers, satellites, microchips, Moon landings, GPS, and much more. — David Szondy may 02, New Atlas, 2 May 2026 And every few years, a wonder drug comes along that seems to fit the definition. — Thomas Goetz, STAT, 8 Jan. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for wonder drug

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Noun

The movement feels like a miracle drug for boredom, a long time coming for even baseball’s most traditional fan base.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 2 June 2026
But the nation’s most urgent healthcare problem isn’t the next miracle drug.

— Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of miracle drug

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Costs are rising due to hospital and doctor bills, and prescription drug spending is higher, in part, due to the popularity of GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs and specialty drugs to treat medical conditions such as cancer.

— Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Agents try to determine how long the drugs have been in the water and check their sources to see if anyone was expecting a delivery in that time range, the sheriff said.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026

Definition of drug

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Maintenance inhalers are either long-acting airway dilators or anti-inflammatory medications like steroids that patients should take daily.

— Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Though effective medication exists, the issue is persistent in areas with a lack of easy access to testing, treatment and clean water so people don't rely on local bodies of water for drinking and bathing.

— William McCarthy, NPR, 4 July 2026

Definition of medication

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The crafty 10th-seeded Czech, whose slices and volleys are perfectly suited to Wimbledon’s low-bouncing surface, carries a medicine cabinet’s worth of remedies to prove that the All England Club’s famous lawns can be a real irritant.

— Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
These are discrete allegations of lawbreaking, and any remedy must match their magnitude.

— David B Mcgarry, Oc Register, 8 July 2026

Definition of remedy

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Napolitano cautioned that the SAT is no cure for the preparedness gap faculty describe.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Placer Mosquito District officials encouraged residents to take preventative measures to protect themselves from mosquito bites, citing the lack of an effective cure to remedy the disease and its potentially serious symptoms.

— Reeti Malhotra July 8, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of cure

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