cure-all

Example Sentences

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A personal loan can be a powerful tool for consolidating high-interest debt, but it’s far from a cure-all.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

The term derives from the white crystalline powder used in cleaning, soldering, glass making and in pesticides, which in centuries past was sold as a cure-all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

However, non-custodial sentences are not necessarily a cure-all.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Of course, fact-checking is neither a cure-all for social media problems nor an unproblematic good.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

In the play it was touted as an infallible cure-all.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss