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wonder drug

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Definition of wonder drug

as in miracle drug

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Recent Examples of wonder drug Marketed under the brand name Keytruda, pembrolizumab is considered to be something of a wonder drug in its own right, with just 30% of patients relapsing in the first two years of treatment. — Mike McRae 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026 And every few years, a wonder drug comes along that seems to fit the definition. — Thomas Goetz, STAT, 8 Jan. 2026 There’s a little bit of business about how Zora and her team will be harvesting blood from the biggest dinos of land, sea, and sky in order to create a wonder drug that will cure heart disease … and isn’t heart disease how her mother died? — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 July 2025 This class of treatment — monoclonal antibodies, special artificial proteins that carry instructions to the body’s immune system — have the potential to be a genuine all-in-one allergy wonder drug. — Dylan Scott, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wonder drug

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Noun

Particularly among the people who consider GLP-1s a form of miracle drug, consumers may simply want to believe that the weight loss medicine's chemical cousins could have similar effects on other elements of human health.

— Renée Onque, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
The medicine was capable of stabilizing the disease—an actual miracle drug.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of miracle drug

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Local officials have long been aware of anecdotal evidence that lead poisoning caused violence, but failed to seek remedies, Sopp said.

— Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Strategies may include dietary and behavioral changes, over-the-counter remedies, and prescription medications for nausea and vomiting.

— Ricardo Correa, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Oct. 2026

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If someone is diagnosed with lymphedema, there is no cure, but treatment is available and addressing the condition quickly can make a difference.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Professor Frink enlists Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, who are immune from the burp clouds, to persuade their father to help with a cure.

— Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026

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