cure-all

NOUN
  1. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
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How To Use cure-all In A Sentence

  • The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, which required truth in labeling, applied to established pharmaceutical firms as well as to manufacturers of patent medicines and cure-all panaceas.
  • Medieval physicians created even more elaborate theriacs to dose a plague-dreading populace, for whom the possibility of a cure-all didn't seem too wild a notion at all.
  • The ancient Romans used garlic as a cure-all for everything from boils to bee stings.
  • Shark cartilage pills are advertised as cure-alls for any number of ailments and diseases.
  • There may be no single cure-all for sleeplessness, but such promising alternatives should help more night owls wake in the morning feeling refreshed.
  • However, this does not mean that antibiotics are a cure-all.
  • That hardly suggests that libertarianism is a cure-all for racial discrimination. The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism
  • That hardly suggests that libertarianism is a cure-all for racial discrimination The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism
  • It's been a long time since I've had much faith in the sorts of drugs and herbal cure-alls that you can buy from the back pages of a magazine.
  • When it comes to wireless, no one solution is a cure-all - it all depends on your business.
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