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acid test

noun

Definition of acid testnext
as in litmus test

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Recent Examples of acid test 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 While Google’s wildly popular TV analogue has hosted the out-of-market Sunday Ticket package since 2023, Friday’s AFC West clash will be an acid test. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for acid test
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  1. litmus test
  2. fire
  3. cross
  4. crucible
Noun
  • The answers offer the latest sign that Raman has been proceeding with caution on some of the DSA’s litmus test issues.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The real litmus test will be how DEFA works for ordinary people and businesses.
    — Jon M. Huntsman, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of litmus test
Noun
  • The following year, the Bridge fire forced the town’s evacuation and burned 13 homes.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Imagine staring up at the stars through a skylight, a mug of chamomile in hand and a fire crackling in the wood stove.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of fire
Noun
  • Football, cross country, Saturday soccer games, football, apple orchards, pumpkin patches.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The image sees Wilson topless and standing with her back to the screen, showing off a massive and elaborate cross that stretches from the top of her shoulders to the top of her pants.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of cross
Noun
  • Between a courier caught in the middle of a zombie virus outbreak and a scuba diver swallowed whole by a sperm whale, both films put Abrams’ respective lead characters, Bryan and Jay, through uniquely harrowing one-man crucibles.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
  • However tomorrow’s return means a great deal both to London Fashion Week—which is perennially dedicated to cheerleading the British capital as a key crucible of creativity—as well as to McQueen and McGirr.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of crucible

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