Thesaurus results for CURE-ALL

cure-all

noun

ˈkyu̇r-ˌȯl

Definition of cure-all

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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Recent Examples of cure-all But contrary to the TikTok hype, hypochlorous acid is not a cure-all. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 26 June 2026 Where InsurTech startups were once pitched as plug-and-play cure-alls, the talk now is of narrower tools trained on a single bottleneck, with the carrier keeping hold of the judgment. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 The raves on TikTok won’t tell you this because, according to many of these videos, sardines are a skincare cure-all. — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 June 2026 Baking soda isn't a cure-all for digestive discomfort, but proper soaking, discarding the soaking liquid, and gradually increasing your bean intake may help. — Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cure-all

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Orbital data centers may be billed as a panacea for reducing stress on Earth’s resources, but any spaceward shift will not actually address the root of those problems—and will introduce new ones—Boley argues.

— Arielle Frommer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Additionally, missing middle and other reforms do not function as a panacea.

— Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of panacea

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Seventy-one-year-old Bruce Willis, as is well known, has been living with frontotemporal dementia since 2023, a degenerative neurological disease that has no cure.

— Roberta Mercuri, Vanity Fair, 30 Aug. 2026
During the water-cure craze of the late nineteenth century, Te Aroha was a thriving spa town.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of cure

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Viral memes and videos are often good for only ephemeral dopamine hits, but leave the elixir to the humor and talent of the Gregory Brothers, a longtime musical quartet.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 23 Aug. 2026
The oil is mixed with garlic and soy sauce that’s been reduced with scallions and brown sugar, forming a salty-sweet elixir that delivers lip-numbing but not face-melting heat.

— Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of elixir

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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
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

Definition of nostrum

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