as in panacea
something that cures all ills or problems
a quack nostrum for cancer of all types
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Recent Examples of nostrum
This is a departure from the standard time-travel nostrum that any change to the past runs the danger of making things immeasurably worse in the future.
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Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
Worthless nostrums such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin have been promoted as COVID treatments based on transparently bogus evidence.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
This is a guy who has promoted nostrums that science has shown to be utterly useless against COVID, such as the anti-parasitic ivermectin and the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
Most central and eastern European countries had already succumbed to authoritarianism or different variations of fascism, and the Great Depression suggested that the activist solutions implemented by both extremes were better than the feeble nostrums liberalism could offer.
—Shlomo Avineri, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2012
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Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
Worthless nostrums such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin have been promoted as COVID treatments based on transparently bogus evidence.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
This is a guy who has promoted nostrums that science has shown to be utterly useless against COVID, such as the anti-parasitic ivermectin and the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
Most central and eastern European countries had already succumbed to authoritarianism or different variations of fascism, and the Great Depression suggested that the activist solutions implemented by both extremes were better than the feeble nostrums liberalism could offer.
—Shlomo Avineri, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nostrum
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The alternative, the panacea for that desperation if there is one, is solidarity.—
Matthew Specktor,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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Harnessing Maddow’s star power five nights a week may not prove to be a panacea for all of the network’s challenges as audiences continue to cut the cable cord, executives are banking on it to help buoy the progressive network’s viewership.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
13 Jan. 2025
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The Kumbh draws upon Hindu mythology and the legend of demons and gods fighting over a pitcher containing the elixir of immortality.—
Aishwarya S Iyer,
CNN,
12 Jan. 2025
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Kay Chun mixes a little of this magical elixir into her gingery pork meatballs.—
Melissa Clark,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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Combining these treatments with lifestyle changes and natural remedies may increase effectiveness—and leave you with a clear complexion in no time.—
Amanda Svachula,
Health,
13 Jan. 2025
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Some TikTokers swear by a hangover remedy called DHM (dihydromyricetin), a flavonoid found in several plants native to Asia.—
John Loeppky,
Verywell Health,
13 Jan. 2025
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For example, these states often have longer cure periods, which allow eligible voters who made a mistake to fix their ballot and get their vote counted.—
Ashley Lopez,
NPR,
16 Jan. 2025
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Bone broth is a cure all and nothing will change my mind on that.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Jan. 2025
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L’Orvietan and its imitators had their roots in a more antique antidote called theriac.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Discover Magazine,
15 Feb. 2023
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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
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Carbon capture, while often proposed as a technological cure-all for emissions, has proven to be both inefficient and insufficient in addressing the full pollutive effects of fossil fuel burning.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Medication hasn't been a cure-all for her mental health, unfortunately.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Nostrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nostrum. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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