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panacea

[pan-uh-see-uh] / ˌpæn əˈsi ə /


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

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, has repeatedly positioned the sport as a force for inclusion and social cohesion; soccer diplomacy is being elevated as the panacea for our current global disharmony.

From Salon Jul. 18, 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

Maybe this was the panacea we had been desperately searching for all these years.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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

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

From BBC Jul. 14, 2022

But the foster system and adoption are far from panaceas.

From Washington Post Jul. 1, 2022

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

From Seattle Times Oct. 29, 2018

But life teaches us, among other things, some of the panaceas of pain.

From Over the Fireside with Silent Friends by Richard King




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