as in panacea
something that cures all ills or problems
raising a young person's self-esteem is not the cure-all that some people think
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Recent Examples of cure-all
However, wellness shots are not a cure-all for overall health and cannot replace a well-balanced diet.
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Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 26 Mar. 2025
This idea that our federal lands are a cure-all to the nation’s housing problems overlooks two critical factors.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
Eating sea moss gel or taking sea moss supplements may offer several health benefits.
Benefits of Sea Moss
While sea moss contains many essential nutrients, sea moss gel isn't the magic cure-all that many social media trends suggest.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 10 Mar. 2025
Signing free-agent starters in March, meanwhile, is not necessarily a cure-all, as demonstrated last season by the difficulties of two pitchers who reached such agreements — Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
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Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 26 Mar. 2025
This idea that our federal lands are a cure-all to the nation’s housing problems overlooks two critical factors.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
Eating sea moss gel or taking sea moss supplements may offer several health benefits.
Benefits of Sea Moss
While sea moss contains many essential nutrients, sea moss gel isn't the magic cure-all that many social media trends suggest.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Ld, Health, 10 Mar. 2025
Signing free-agent starters in March, meanwhile, is not necessarily a cure-all, as demonstrated last season by the difficulties of two pitchers who reached such agreements — Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cure-all
Noun
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If the rule of law is indeed in danger due to the public’s lack of education, then more continual education becomes the panacea.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Despite the health risks of having a higher weight, losing weight is far from a panacea.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
26 Mar. 2025
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The silly vocal remedy comes just 10 days after the singer released her EP, Nashville Canyon, Pt.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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In June, 1972, Roth issued the metropolitan remedy that the N.A.A.C.P. wanted.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There’s no cure for allergic asthma, but medications and lifestyle changes can help control symptoms.—
Susan Russell,
Verywell Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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Season 1 chronicled Joel and Ellie’s perilous journey across a country ravaged by a cordyceps pandemic to a hospital run by a militia group, where Ellie’s unique immunity to the infection could be used to create a cure.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the second act of the Broadway musical, Elphaba fakes her death when a mob of Oz citizens chase Elphaba and Dorothy throws a bucket of water on her, melting her and leaving only her hat and the bottle of green elixir that belonged to her mother.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
28 Mar. 2025
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And through the magic elixir of bonding, Taylor soon had hundreds of millions of dollars to spend.—
Scott Herhold,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Books, Arts & Manners Books A Hero’s Bargain Brian Stewart In an age when heroism is often seen as a relic of a bygone era, the life and death of Alexei Navalny stands as a challenge and a rebuke to progressive nostrums of the day.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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Eight years later, Democrats have devolved into nostrums about appealing to the middle class, ditching academic language, and finding a uniting message.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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