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panacea

[pan-uh-see-uh] / ˌpæn əˈsi ə /


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But as has become increasingly clear, private equity is not the panacea that many made it out to be.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Of course, passing American Dream and Promise Act is not a panacea.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

American schools have wrestled with learning loss for the better part of a decade and no one has found a panacea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

We took a lot of long walks to help deal with the stress of the not knowing, but the magic panacea for me came the day Steve’s Harley-Davidson arrived in one of the crates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

The long promised “breakthrough,” when or if it comes, cannot be expected to be a panacea for all types of malignancy.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

They aren't panaceas, however, and these drugs can come with side effects or just fail to work for some individuals.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2022

Digital platforms are not panaceas for food insecurity, notes Georgiana Nica-Avram at Nottingham University Business School.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2022

There are no such instant championship panaceas awaiting local squads this season.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2018

I wish I could offer an easy formula for countering this kind of deception, but I am not in the business of selling panaceas or telling fairy tales.

From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2017

Potable gold was one of the panaceas of ancient quacks.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer


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