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
Chief Information Officer Butch Schierman said AI is not a panacea.
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Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025
Even the most bullish technologists acknowledge that there are no panaceas and that models come with tradeoffs and limits.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
While rent control may not be the panacea some hope for, observers agree that some measure of government assistance is needed, given the scope of the housing crisis.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Of course, these tools aren’t a panacea or a perfect solution.
—Nayaki Nayyar, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for panacea
Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025
Even the most bullish technologists acknowledge that there are no panaceas and that models come with tradeoffs and limits.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
While rent control may not be the panacea some hope for, observers agree that some measure of government assistance is needed, given the scope of the housing crisis.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Of course, these tools aren’t a panacea or a perfect solution.
—Nayaki Nayyar, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for panacea
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panacea
Noun
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This remedy involves adding 2 Tbsp.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Oct. 2025
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Additional letters will be sent once the final remedy is available, potentially in June 2026.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There is no cause for panic or a wholesale rethink in search of a cure.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Biden also advocated for research into a cure for cancer and secured millions of dollars in federal funding for research into women’s health.—
Darlene Superville,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There is no magic elixir to consistently scheme easy buckets in the final minutes of contests.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
23 Oct. 2025
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The other trial compares the same proprietary cannabis elixir with opioids, revealing that patients who used the elixir experienced fewer gastrointestinal side effects like constipation than when using painkillers.—
NPR,
NPR,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Post- and peri-menopausal women, who have long been left to deal with the side effects of the naturally declining levels of testosterone that accompany aging, are turning to low doses of testosterone as a possible cure-all.—
Quispe López,
Them.,
24 Oct. 2025
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Sheehan, like Sasaki, is not a cure-all.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But Wolff’s work and influence, alongside a simultaneous rise in the fields of psychology and psychosomatic medicine, helped to disperse those nostrums into the wider culture—and into the prevailing paradigm within which other headache scientists and clinicians toiled.—
Tom Zeller Jr.
July 30,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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His personal integrity conflicts with liberal nostrums, resulting in Fish and Poinsettia’s bizarre repulsion-attraction rapport.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 June 2025
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“Panacea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panacea. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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