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
Take a look at my medicine cabinet, stuffed with $200+ elixirs, and decide for yourself.
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Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
In the thirties, elixir sulfanilamide, an antibiotic mixed into a toxic solvent, gave patients intense pain, kidney failure, and neurological problems.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Opening day, then, brought unity and renewal that felt like an elixir.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
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Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
In the thirties, elixir sulfanilamide, an antibiotic mixed into a toxic solvent, gave patients intense pain, kidney failure, and neurological problems.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Opening day, then, brought unity and renewal that felt like an elixir.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elixir
Noun
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Parrots make lime green flashes in sacred Almescar trees, a panacea of the indigenous Pataxó community.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Not a panacea Experts cautioned that EVs won’t fully solve problems around the green transition and energy security.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There is no cure yet, though treatments do exist to help manage symptoms.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The disease, which often kills patients in their teens, has no cure.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The second will determine an appropriate remedy if the jury and judge find in Musk’s favor.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Jury selection starts Monday, but jurors won’t have the final say in either the liability phase of the trial or the remedies phase, if the trial reaches that point.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Anderson found the origins of present fads in the fervent nostrums of the past.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Because of the false but persistent and powerfully seductive nostrum that reducing the value of a country’s currency will stimulate its economy by making its exports cheaper and its imports more expensive.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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But experts caution against treating them as a cure-all.—
Lynn Andriani,
Martha Stewart,
25 Apr. 2026
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Apparently, the popular afternoon pick-me-up in a cup is like a super food, supplement and medicine cure-all.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Elixir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elixir. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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