: a colorless liquor of neutral spirits distilled from a mash (as of rye or wheat)
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Wash it down with a signature cocktail like the Paloma and Her Shadow made with mezcal, grapefruit liqueur, lime, agave and sparkling water or the Martini Mi Amor made with elderflower liqueur, mandarin vodka, passionfruit liqueur and lemon.
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Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2024
In 1996, with Yeltsin debilitated by heart trouble and vodka trouble, Berezovsky and other oligarchs engineered his reëlection.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
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Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2024
In 1996, with Yeltsin debilitated by heart trouble and vodka trouble, Berezovsky and other oligarchs engineered his reëlection.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
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“Vodka.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vodka. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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vodka
noun
vod·ka
ˈväd-kə 
: a colorless alcoholic liquor
Etymology
Russian, literally, "little water," from voda "water"
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