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panacea

[pan-uh-see-uh] / ˌpæn əˈsi ə /


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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

When sliced, each irregular disk holds triterpenoids and p-couramic acid — panacea to reduce inflammation, with potential anti-cancer properties.

From Salon May 9, 2026

"For now, creatine is best viewed as a supplement with significant potential, but not a panacea," Dr. Boroujerdi says.

From Science Daily May 4, 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

Some parents of children with autism, desperate for a remedy, have long reached for dubious and at times dangerous panaceas, including hyperbaric oxygen chambers and chelation therapy, used for the treatment of heavy metal poisoning.

From Salon Dec. 15, 2025

Spoiler: psychiatry and psychology are not the panaceas you might think.

From Slate Nov. 28, 2023

They are not panaceas, but they can help to set the tenor of debate.

From Washington Post Mar. 1, 2023

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

From BBC Jul. 14, 2022

As Earl sat canvassing the terrible plight in which he found himself, his mind ran the whole gamut of panaceas that had been proposed for a solution.

From The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist by Bell, Robert E.




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