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acid test

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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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After coming out flat in a litmus test in Indiana, the Liberty nearly blew a 28-point fourth-quarter lead in a bounce-back game against the retooling Los Angeles Sparks at Barclays Center.

— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
Chesney’s mental training ultimately serves as a litmus test in discovering who is cut from a different cloth.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

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Since 1990 people have gathered from across the country and around the world in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert for the annual celebration of fire, free-thinking and communal living called Burning Man.

— Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The fire resulted in the loss of Smothermon's other grandson, two dogs and dozens of guinea pigs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

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Edelman, who perfectly timed his run, slipped between a pair of defenders for a sliding first-touch goal, off a cross played by Conrad Wallem, from the center of the penalty box.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
The Mexican international rushed onto a cross that forced Thorns goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold off her line to make a save, but the ball bounced off Ovalle and over the end line to level the score.

— Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

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