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as in acid
causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids
the acidic flavor of lemon goes nicely with broiled fish
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as in sarcastic
marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings
her often acidic reviews have ruffled more than a few toques in the restaurant kitchens of New York
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Recent Examples of acidic
Fortunately, your saliva helps neutralize acidic beverages and restore minerals to your teeth, Ritter said.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
Carbonated water is slightly acidic, which can wear down tooth enamel when consumed in large quantities, especially if the seltzer uses citric acid for flavoring.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 May 2026
This is typically achieved using demi-permanent or low pH acidic color.
—Amanda Le, InStyle, 24 May 2026
As the bacteria produce lactic acid, the milk becomes more acidic, which causes its proteins — called casein — to stop floating freely and link together into a microscopic network.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2026
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
Carbonated water is slightly acidic, which can wear down tooth enamel when consumed in large quantities, especially if the seltzer uses citric acid for flavoring.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 24 May 2026
This is typically achieved using demi-permanent or low pH acidic color.
—Amanda Le, InStyle, 24 May 2026
As the bacteria produce lactic acid, the milk becomes more acidic, which causes its proteins — called casein — to stop floating freely and link together into a microscopic network.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acidic
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New York — In New York’s Hudson Valley, the artist Anicka Yi has erected columns bursting with mercurial microbial life, in hues of acid green and coffee, arranged like an archaeological dig at Storm King Art Center.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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There are acid critiques of settler colonialism alongside tributes to the majesty of the American landscape, sober revisitations of enslavement alongside hopeful pleas for liberation, bitter denouncements of intervention in wars abroad alongside quaint homages to homespun Americanness.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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Shah’s closest ally (and the person most willing to call Shah on his lies to himself and others) is his cousin Zulfi, a gigantic character who Khan energizes with fast-talking charm, sarcastic asides, and an assessing glare that can cut through anyone’s defenses.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Yet another compared the look to Van Gogh, while others were more than ready to take Bieber up on her presumably sarcastic offer to accept appointments.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
25 May 2026
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And how Toisanese traditions, like sweet and sour sauce, undoubtedly informed the dishes that twisted, turned and codified into the Chinese American culinary canon.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Latest in bitter back-and-forth The sour words about each candidate’s PAC connections are only the latest in a bitter back-and-forth between the two Democrat women.—
Mathew Miranda
June 4,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2026
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Afroman experienced a cultural renaissance after unleashing that satirical wit following a 2022 raid on his Ohio farmhouse by local sheriff's deputies.—
Andrew Graham
May 28,
Sacbee.com,
28 May 2026
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For Lili in her darkest hour to summon a little petty annoyance over the wrong milk substitute for her coffee is a satirical grace note in an episode conspicuously short on laughs.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
24 May 2026
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Cage had his arm smashed multiple times, Wheeler had a piece of his nose nearly taken off and barbed wire scraped the skin of each competitor.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
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Homes and gardens sit behind protective walls and gates with barbed wire.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
19 May 2026
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The Ocean Observatories Initiative, or OOI, was set up in 2016 and is made up of around 900 instruments in parts of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans specially designed to withstand the immense pressure and corrosive saltiness of the ocean depths.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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As Israel tightens control over swaths of Gaza, soldiers describe confusing, often invisible boundaries, pressure to ‘hold the line at all costs’ and a corrosive sense that Palestinian lives barely count.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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White liquor is caustic, authorities said, and is used in the production of paper products.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
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That is especially true for tanks that use highly caustic substances, like the white liquor in the Washington tank.—
Martha Bellisle,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2026
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“Acidic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acidic. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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