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Recent Examples of wonder drugAnd every few years, a wonder drug comes along that seems to fit the definition.—Thomas Goetz, STAT, 8 Jan. 2026 Scientists have failed to show that weight-loss wonder drug semaglutide slows the progress of Alzheimer's disease (AD), as two-year clinical trials end in disappointment for patients, medical scientists and drugmaker Novo Nordisk.—New Atlas, 24 Nov. 2025 There’s a little bit of business about how Zora and her team will be harvesting blood from the biggest dinos of land, sea, and sky in order to create a wonder drug that will cure heart disease … and isn’t heart disease how her mother died?—Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 July 2025 This class of treatment — monoclonal antibodies, special artificial proteins that carry instructions to the body’s immune system — have the potential to be a genuine all-in-one allergy wonder drug.—Dylan Scott, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wonder drug
But its primary association in the public consciousness since the nineteen-eighties is with the criminal underworld, particularly the drug cartels.
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Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
The new shelter will allow residents to bring pets, which most shelters prohibit, offer a drug and alcohol treatment program and mental health services and assign those admitted a caseworker who will help connect them with professional development programs.
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Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
The second will determine an appropriate remedy if the jury and judge find in Musk’s favor.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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.