miracle drug
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of miracle drug
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Many experts agree: GLP-1s are, when it comes to their medical applications, something of a miracle drug.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026
"This is as close to a miracle drug as we can ever imagine," says Dr Nabarun Dasgupta, a scientist specialising in street drugs at the University of North Carolina.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025
Physical activity is the closest thing to a miracle drug: Even if you don’t lose an ounce of weight, it reduces the risk of dementia, cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
“There are countless stories like that. ... It’s a miracle drug in many ways. But it can’t perform miracles if it’s not available when we need it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
No record of what she thought of physicians like the Shoun brothers, who were constantly coming and going, injecting her with what was said to be a new miracle drug: insulin.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
