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Princeton's WordNet

  1. panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-allnoun

    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

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  1. cure-allnoun

    A panacea.

Wikipedia

  1. Cure-All

    Cure-All was a half-bred racehorse by Physician out of an unknown dam who won the 1845 Grand National Steeplechase when an unconsidered outsider.

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  1. cure-all

    A cure-all is a remedy or solution that is claimed to heal or solve all diseases, problems or difficulties. It is often used to refer to a medicine or treatment, but can also refer to ideas, plans, or strategies in non-medical contexts. However, the term is often used skeptically or ironically since it is generally acknowledged that there is no single solution for every problem.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cure-all in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cure-all in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of cure-all in a Sentence

  1. Sir Walter Raleigh:

    'Tis a sharp medicine, but it will cure all that ails you. -- last words before his beheadding

  2. Craig Bessent:

    There's not just the one thing you can do that will stop this and be a cure-all, there's not a single answer.

  3. Stephen Innes:

    The OPEC induced oil rally has come to a grinding halt in the wake of the bearish to consensus API inventory swell, further OPEC cuts are unlikely the cure-all medicine. But by the numbers, the magnitude of the expected oversupply in 2020 is thought to be well within OPEC's ability to manage.

  4. Scott McLean:

    There’s a long road ahead of us. The fires we’ve dealt with recently -- like Cal Fire -- are all indicators of what we’re having to deal with in California for the next few years, rains are not a cure all with one winter -- it will take several years of winters to get moisture back into plants and reservoirs.

  5. Richard Ciccarone:

    The idea that we're going to cure all of our financial problems immediately is probably more of a dream than it is a reality.


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