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
The Kumbh draws upon Hindu mythology and the legend of demons and gods fighting over a pitcher containing the elixir of immortality.
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Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Kay Chun mixes a little of this magical elixir into her gingery pork meatballs.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The perfect itinerary might include a three-hour surf session, a two-hour breakfast, and a half-day swing in the hammock before sampling Costa Rican elixirs like goldenberry and cas on the rooftop bar.
—Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2024
The brand combines liquid mushroom elixirs like Lion’s Mane, Chaga, Reishi, Cordyceps or Turkey Tail into the coffees to enhance their health and energy-giving benefits.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Kay Chun mixes a little of this magical elixir into her gingery pork meatballs.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The perfect itinerary might include a three-hour surf session, a two-hour breakfast, and a half-day swing in the hammock before sampling Costa Rican elixirs like goldenberry and cas on the rooftop bar.
—Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2024
The brand combines liquid mushroom elixirs like Lion’s Mane, Chaga, Reishi, Cordyceps or Turkey Tail into the coffees to enhance their health and energy-giving benefits.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elixir
Noun
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Trying to make up some revenue, Trump has stepped outside GOP orthodoxy, touting tariffs as a budgetary panacea.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
19 Jan. 2025
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Of course, none of these fitness tips on their own is a workout panacea that’ll transform your routine.—
Christa Sgobba,
SELF,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Apple Cider Vinegar, which contrasts Gibson with two genuinely ill young women in her orbit who are searching for miracle cancer cures, comes at the crest of the latest wave of scam content.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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All the same, understanding a Morandi still-life is a pesky illusion that may overtake you, the cure for which is looking again, harder.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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It is commonly used as a natural remedy for nausea and stomach upset.3 1.—
Lauren O'Connor, MS,
Health,
10 Feb. 2025
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While the state Assembly derailed that initial plan, forfeiting the grant, the push for a practical remedy to gridlock never died.—
DJ Gribbin,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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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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
Noun
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Key Takeaway Edutainment isn’t a cure-all the problem of kids being bored at school—that’s inevitable.—
Fiona Tapp,
Parents,
3 Feb. 2025
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Findings from nutrition research is rarely clear-cut because diet is just one of many behaviors and lifestyle factors affecting health, but the simplicity of using food and supplements as a cure-all is especially seductive.—
Aimee Pugh Bernard,
The Conversation,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Elixir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elixir. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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