as in drug
a drink that is meant to have a special or magical effect on someone
a potion that is supposed to improve health The hero in the play is given a magic potion so that he will fall in love with the princess. medical potions sleeping potions
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Recent Examples of potion
Eventually Adina pledges her love for Nemorino, but not due to any potion.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
But the fact that Shakespeare wrote about love potions, sleeping potions, and other fanciful elixirs isn’t conclusive evidence.
—Sam Kelly
july 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
To today's ear, the elixirs, potions and tonics sold at Haag sound like a traveling medicine man’s inventory: Swamp root, Danderine, Sloan’s Liniment, Catarrh Jelly, Wine of Cardue.
—Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Soda Potion: The electrifying effect of this potion is as mysterious as its recipe: an accidental combo of fantastic fizzy flavors.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
But the fact that Shakespeare wrote about love potions, sleeping potions, and other fanciful elixirs isn’t conclusive evidence.
—Sam Kelly
july 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
To today's ear, the elixirs, potions and tonics sold at Haag sound like a traveling medicine man’s inventory: Swamp root, Danderine, Sloan’s Liniment, Catarrh Jelly, Wine of Cardue.
—Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Soda Potion: The electrifying effect of this potion is as mysterious as its recipe: an accidental combo of fantastic fizzy flavors.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potion
Noun
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Their calls to abolish those search warrants joined the nationwide movement triggered by the 2020 police shooting of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed in Louisville, Kentucky, during a flawed drug investigation.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Trump administration told Newsweek that all ICE recruits are required to go through medical screening, drug screening and complete a physical fitness test.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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Tyrion received medication to reduce inflammation for a few weeks, but there was no injury or surgery to recover from—only the need to adapt to life as a paralyzed dog.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Following a struggling young actor's return home to New Jersey after his mother dies, the film interrogates themes like mental illness, medication, growing up, and falling in love, sometimes nailing the sentiments and other times falling short.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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By the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, some areas of medicine, such as psychiatry, would face increasing criticism, including from social movements representing women and LGBT people.—
Time,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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When Alec Flynn was in college, the comedian began using standup as a form of medicine to help with depression.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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Letters describing the saftey risk are to be sent Aug. 25 and follow up letters are to be sent when a remedy is available.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
4 Aug. 2025
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Rebuilding an executive brand after an ugly headline takes messy phone calls, late-night revisions and the nerve to admit the first dozen remedies flopped in public view.—
Jon Michail,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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In the series, which has now garnered hundreds of thousands of likes on the platform, Kaitlin shares information about her daughter’s health status, information about the disease and updates in the national search for a cure.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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There is no cure for chikungunya, and treatment depends on the management of symptoms.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Together, this combination causes the accumulation of astrocytic GABA and excessive tonic inhibition in key brain regions like the PFC.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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Among a rotating list of fancy cocktails, about 100 types of gin in stock, beer, wine and mocktails as choices, the true Darling’s experience begins with the bar’s house gin and tonic.—
Amanda Hancock,
The Courier-Journal,
31 July 2025
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Losing the division again would be a tough pill to swallow.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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Accepting a wage that is significantly less than what a peer might make at a big tech firm is a bitter ego pill to swallow although the market clearing wage now for their skill level is only $75,000 at a mainstream firm.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Potion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potion. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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