miracle drug

noun

Definition of miracle drugnext
as in wonder drug

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Recent Examples of miracle drug The movement feels like a miracle drug for boredom, a long time coming for even baseball’s most traditional fan base. — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 2 June 2026 But the nation’s most urgent healthcare problem isn’t the next miracle drug. — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026 As of now, there is no miracle drug proven to extend lifespan, healthspan, or peakspan. — Jamie Ducharme, Health, 1 Apr. 2026 Its reputation as a miracle drug for animal and human disease began with its discovery in the 1970s. — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for miracle drug
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miracle drug
  1. wonder drug
  2. drug
  3. medication
  4. remedy
  5. cure
  6. specific
Noun
  • The Second World War and the Cold War caused similar bursts in invention, creating nuclear power, radar, wonder drugs, computers, satellites, microchips, Moon landings, GPS, and much more.
    — David Szondy May 02, New Atlas, 2 May 2026
  • And every few years, a wonder drug comes along that seems to fit the definition.
    — Thomas Goetz, STAT, 8 Jan. 2026
Definition of wonder drug
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  • One of the first focuses under the new corporate structure will be addressing cancer drug affordability, Shah said, with a goal of accelerating the adoption of lower-cost biosimilars, which are clinically equivalent drugs akin to generic drugs.
    — Ian Thomas, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Scott’s narrator, Louise, is a musician of sorts, a frequent drug user, and a desperate diehard romantic, forever dogged by her ex-girlfriend Alex.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of drug
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  • Looks like the method acting (stopping his heart medication in order to play a dying man) paid off.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
  • These studies compared back support braces either on their own, with no other interventions, or their use in conjunction with other pain management recommendations such as physical activity and/or medication.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of medication
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  • In a simple order published Wednesday, the judge accepted behavior remedies and rejected a divestiture.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • At a trial last year on remedies in the case, the DOJ argued that Google cannot be trusted to run AdX, given its past behavior.
    — Jody Godoy, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of remedy
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  • With only Lucien, a freshly out twink with more heart than abs, still by his side, Jim must race to find a cure before the disease erases the community that once worshipped him.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Seventy-one-year-old Bruce Willis, as is well known, has been living with frontotemporal dementia since 2023, a degenerative neurological disease that has no cure.
    — Roberta Mercuri, Vanity Fair, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of cure
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  • Their devotion to knotty specifics of academia extends to casting a real-life academic — Anne-Laure Sellier, currently a professor of behavioral sciences at HEC Paris business school — in the lead.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The Burning Man Project, a nonprofit that manages the 70,000-person event, did not provide specifics about what medical emergency the man suffered at the festival.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
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“Miracle drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miracle%20drug. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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