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cure-all

[ kyoor-awl ]

noun

  1. a remedy for all diseases, ills, or difficulties; panacea.


cure-all

noun

  1. something reputed to cure all ailments
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cure-all1

First recorded in 1785–95
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The “Common Side Effects†writers go to admirable lengths to explain why a cure-all mushroom could be hazardous; violence would soar, the medicine could fall into the wrong hands, evildoers would never die.

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Rather than connecting audiences with experts on such topics, however, they present evangelical-style faith as something close to a cure-all.

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It was the cure-all for every economic pain that ailed us.

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Like any fire prevention measure, private hydrants are not a cure-all, especially in the extreme conditions faced by firefighters during the first days of the Palisades and Eaton fires.

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

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