as in panacea
something that cures all ills or problems
warned that casino gambling would not be an elixir for all of the region's economic woes
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Recent Examples of elixir
Predictions about the technology’s consequences vary widely, from wiping out whole swaths of the work force to hyper-charging productivity as an elixir for economic growth.
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Steve Lohr, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Throughout the cinematic visual, which represents purity juxtaposed with giving into temptation, the members drink elixirs, wear blindfolds, blow smoke.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2025
Together, the two compounds form an antioxidant elixir with anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, Wroe added.
—Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
Coca-Cola was originally used as a nerve and brain tonic and a medical elixir.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
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Steve Lohr, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Throughout the cinematic visual, which represents purity juxtaposed with giving into temptation, the members drink elixirs, wear blindfolds, blow smoke.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2025
Together, the two compounds form an antioxidant elixir with anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, Wroe added.
—Caitlin Pagán, Verywell Health, 19 Mar. 2025
Coca-Cola was originally used as a nerve and brain tonic and a medical elixir.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elixir
Noun
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The American physician, W. Golden Mortimer, author of History of Coca (1901), acknowledged coca as a panacea, noting its virtues as a medicine, tonic, and food.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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Today, gum is again being marketed as a panacea for wellness.—
Hannah Seo,
The Atlantic,
29 Mar. 2025
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The National Institutes of Health will begin collecting Americans' private health records as part of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial plan to discover a cause and a cure for autism.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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But what the production really needs is a script doctor capable of a miracle cure.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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In the first days of testimony in the remedy trial being heard at the D.C. federal court, Microsoft comes up frequently.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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The remedy that will follow the decision could break up the company, or at least separate its Chrome web browser business from the rest of the portfolio.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 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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Turning the pope’s election into a trans referendum Hidden within the fake pomp and banal compositions of Conclave is a litany of left-wing nostrums, spoken by fictitious characters during the election of a new pope.—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2025
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Lifestyle and behavioral solutions Because there isn’t one cure-all for IC/BPS (and treatment can be invasive—more later), it’s long been standard for doctors to focus on lifestyle first, often handing patients a list of potentially bladder-irritating foods and drinks to avoid.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
16 Apr. 2025
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But using federal funding to mislead the public into believing that housing assistance and free lunches are a cure-all for child maltreatment is absurd and, frankly, dangerous.—
Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Naomi Schaefer Riley,
Twin Cities,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Elixir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elixir. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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