as in nostrum
something that cures all ills or problems
the wizard's attempts to concoct a theriac for the king came to naught
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Recent Examples of theriac
L’Orvietan and its imitators had their roots in a more antique antidote called theriac.
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Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
But with its long list of as many as 80 ingredients and high status, theriac was expensive and exclusive.
—Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
Zinc lozenges suddenly became the theriac to cure all ills; masks and hand-sanitizer, the ambergris and zedoary to ward off infection.
—Spencer Strub, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2020
Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
But with its long list of as many as 80 ingredients and high status, theriac was expensive and exclusive.
—Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
Zinc lozenges suddenly became the theriac to cure all ills; masks and hand-sanitizer, the ambergris and zedoary to ward off infection.
—Spencer Strub, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for theriac
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Books, Arts & Manners Books A Hero’s Bargain Brian Stewart In an age when heroism is often seen as a relic of a bygone era, the life and death of Alexei Navalny stands as a challenge and a rebuke to progressive nostrums of the day.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 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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In the second act of the Broadway musical, Elphaba fakes her death when a mob of Oz citizens chase Elphaba and Dorothy throws a bucket of water on her, melting her and leaving only her hat and the bottle of green elixir that belonged to her mother.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
28 Mar. 2025
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And through the magic elixir of bonding, Taylor soon had hundreds of millions of dollars to spend.—
Scott Herhold,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In June, 1972, Roth issued the metropolitan remedy that the N.A.A.C.P. wanted.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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The affected vehicles include: 2020 to 2021 S90 2020 to 2022 S60 2020 to 2022 V60 2020 to 2022 XC60 2020 to 2022 XC90 2022 V90 Owners are advised not to charge their vehicles until the remedy has been completed.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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If the rule of law is indeed in danger due to the public’s lack of education, then more continual education becomes the panacea.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Despite the health risks of having a higher weight, losing weight is far from a panacea.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
26 Mar. 2025
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As the Mayo Clinic explains, there is no cure, but surgery and treatments can help symptoms.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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So long as the nation’s top public-health official is propping up purported miracle cures, families in West Texas will be encouraged to believe that not vaccinating their children is a responsible choice.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Theriac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/theriac. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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