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The new team faced its first acid test when it played the national champions.
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Additional sugar and acid tests are planned to confirm whether the liquid contains apple-specific compounds, like malic acid.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Feb. 2026
This was a place and time in history of tremendous creativity that grew out of the acid test parties, the beatnik poets, and the Summer Of Love.
—Brian Halligan, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
The azaleas will be the acid test.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Russia's drone incursion into Poland now poses an acid test for NATO and the European Union.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Feb. 2026
This was a place and time in history of tremendous creativity that grew out of the acid test parties, the beatnik poets, and the Summer Of Love.
—Brian Halligan, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
The azaleas will be the acid test.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Russia's drone incursion into Poland now poses an acid test for NATO and the European Union.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for acid test
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“Acid test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acid%20test. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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