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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USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Here are the key reasons why the weight loss drugs might not be a cure-all for the global obesity epidemic.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2025
As their bond deepens, Faruq begins to wonder whether Odo’s unorthodox, but alluring teachings could be the cure-all to his grief.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
The title of the show, as illustrated in its last episode, is inspired by the culture of wellness gurus who promote unproven remedies as cure-alls.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
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USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Here are the key reasons why the weight loss drugs might not be a cure-all for the global obesity epidemic.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2025
As their bond deepens, Faruq begins to wonder whether Odo’s unorthodox, but alluring teachings could be the cure-all to his grief.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Mar. 2025
The title of the show, as illustrated in its last episode, is inspired by the culture of wellness gurus who promote unproven remedies as cure-alls.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cure-all
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Yager acknowledges that his operation is no panacea for the region’s worsening housing struggles.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Feb. 2025
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Administrators have convinced themselves this will be the panacea that ends the practice of collectives throwing money at recruits/transfers under the guise of NIL.—
Stewart Mandel,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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The National Immigrant Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois filed a motion in Chicago’s U.S. District Court Thursday seeking the release of two people still detained and the enforcement of remedies to prevent unlawful arrests by ICE.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Capital One and Discover are rebounding from Monday’s decline as investors weigh the possibility of remedies if, in fact, the Department of Justice tries to block the merger.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
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Join 41 others in the comments View Comments If so, the bar for buying into a cure for a new condition should be raised.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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For billions of people, TB is already a nightmare disease, both because the bacterium is unusually powerful and because world leaders have done a poor job of distributing cures.—
John Green,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2025
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Some want a mind-expanding elixir, others a mellow seltzer.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Adding Nichushkin was either the perfect elixir, great timing teaming up with them on the upswing, or a little of both.—
Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2025
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And Trump’s notable executive orders on affirmative action, DEI, gender ideology, and paper straws fit into the MAGA coalition paradigm of uprooting politically correct, net-zero nostrums that Biden and Harris embedded in government.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
22 Feb. 2025
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That’s because the agency’s duty is to stand in the way of businesses desiring to push unsafe and ineffective nostrums at unwary consumers, and also in the way of a perverse idea that personal freedom includes the freedom to be gulled by charlatans.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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