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
Residential addiction treatment beds are not the panacea for our addiction crisis.
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Zoe Adams, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024
Despite these clear advantages, e-invoicing is not a universal panacea for late payments.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Yet for decades, companies like ExxonMobil have touted plastic recycling as a panacea for plastic pollution.
—Michael Shank, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
Even the corneas of shark eyes have reportedly been used for human transplants in Yemen, and shark cartilage is marketed as a panacea for various ailments.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Zoe Adams, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024
Despite these clear advantages, e-invoicing is not a universal panacea for late payments.
—Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Yet for decades, companies like ExxonMobil have touted plastic recycling as a panacea for plastic pollution.
—Michael Shank, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
Even the corneas of shark eyes have reportedly been used for human transplants in Yemen, and shark cartilage is marketed as a panacea for various ailments.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for panacea
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Third, policyholders need effective remedies when insurance companies are found to have acted unreasonably.Jay Feinman, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
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McKnight and others have proposed legal reforms that would modernize remedies available to content creators.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Computational biology is not only leading to tremendous discoveries like new brain maps and cures for diseases, but biology is getting a glow up from the results, thanks to Blender tool developers like Brady Johnston and animators like Tyler Sloan.Amy Sterling, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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While there is no cure for glaucoma, early detection and treatment might prevent or delay permanent vision loss.Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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The actor plays Elisabeth Sparkle, an aging celebrity who takes the titular elixir to produce a younger version of herself.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
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The formulation also contains palo santo, which imbues the elixir with a warm, earthy, calming scent.Jenny Berg, Allure, 1 Jan. 2025
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Furthermore, covering the Association with a healthier mix of praise and critiques while offering a higher level than elementary analysis and illustrating what makes so many players and teams compelling isn't a cure-all.Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Douglas Irwin, a trade historian at Dartmouth University, said Trump has tended to see tariffs as a cure-all for a variety of economic issues the U.S. is contending with.Rob Wile, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
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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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Expressed in what economists call the Phillips curve, this nostrum proved nearly useless in explaining the economy’s recent behavior.David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
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“Panacea.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panacea. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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