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cure for cancer

cure for cancer noun: the ultimate breakthrough or achievement in any challenging field, symbolizing an elusive, transformative solution to a seemingly insurmountable problem, a Holy Grail.

Noun

cure for cancer

  1. (figuratively) The ultimate breakthrough or achievement in any challenging field, symbolizing an elusive, transformative solution to a seemingly insurmountable problem, a Holy Grail.
    • But if it's a start-up and it doesn't have any revenue, then the value equals P x S [solution] x E [entrepreneurial team], where the P is the magnitude of the problem that the company is going to solve. If it's a cure for cancer, that's huge. If it is a better improvement on a baby diaper, that's...2011, Tarang Shah, Shital Shah, quoting Jim Boettcher, Venture Capitalists at Work: How VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes, Apress, →ISBN, page 383

Origin of cure for cancer

From the value such a hypothetical cure would entail, since cancer is responsible for the deaths of about ten million people annually.

Questions about cure for cancer

What does cure for cancer mean?
Cure for cancer means the ultimate breakthrough or achievement in any challenging field, symbolizing an elusive, transformative solution to a seemingly insurmountable problem, a Holy Grail.
What part of speech is cure for cancer?
Cure for cancer is a noun.

Words near cure for cancer in the dictionary

  1. Curdworth
  2. curdy
  3. cure
  4. cure cancer
  5. cure down
  6. cure for cancer
  7. cure time
  8. cure times
  9. cure up
  10. cure-all
  11. cure-alls

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