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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
To balance their intensity, Wegman recommended using acidic ingredients like lemon or garlic.
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Helen Carefoot, Verywell Health, 6 June 2025
This is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, and maintaining a normal blood pH is important for overall health.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 2 June 2025
The dish balances the sea bass’s delicate texture with a refined blend of savory, sweet, and acidic notes.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Avoiding spicy and acidic foods, and doing your best to lower the risk of constipation by eating plenty of fiber can also help with symptoms, says Narayanan.
—Korin Miller, Flow Space, 30 May 2025
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Helen Carefoot, Verywell Health, 6 June 2025
This is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, and maintaining a normal blood pH is important for overall health.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 2 June 2025
The dish balances the sea bass’s delicate texture with a refined blend of savory, sweet, and acidic notes.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Avoiding spicy and acidic foods, and doing your best to lower the risk of constipation by eating plenty of fiber can also help with symptoms, says Narayanan.
—Korin Miller, Flow Space, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for acidic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acidic
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The floors are done in chestnut-toned wood, with acid green carpets made from bamboo silk, while the VVIP suite has its own private sitting room.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
11 June 2025
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Fluoride also replaces minerals lost from teeth due to acid breakdown, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
3 June 2025
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His father, observing his children’s unconventional career choices, eventually developed his own sarcastic advice for parents.—
Omaid Homayun,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Idiotic rich boy Bertie Wooster gets himself into some kind of sticky situation with another rich idiot, and his quietly sarcastic, above-it-all, genius butler Jeeves inevitably gets him out of it.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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The ideal fermentation time varies based on temperature, but when the liquid starts to smell slightly sour, the rice water is considered fermented.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 June 2025
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The menu also included other toothy sensations from ultra sticky and tangy to impossibly sour, spicy or crunchy.—
Kristin L. Wolfe,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The poem is part love quest, part account of Italy’s battles; in places profoundly serious, in places satiric.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
11 June 2025
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Neither damning nor satiric, W. is oddly wistful, almost regretful — rare sentiments in a Stone film.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
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The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole in the wall behind it and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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Louisiana Attorney General's Office via AP The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours when a lone guard left to get food.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
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Currently, intensive industrial manufacturing of asphalt, corrosive acid, chlorine and insecticides, as well as warehousing, wholesaling and freight movement, are permitted in certain zoning districts.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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And beneath that fear lies a corrosive belief that resistance is futile.—
Elisa Manfredini,
Time,
14 June 2025
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Eleanor is played by Pippa Knowles with a playful, caustic vibrance that seizes the screen.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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For Chicago and spanning to borders far beyond, there was media personality Gary Deeb as the caustic gatekeeper of all things TV, radio and media reporting about what and who to watch and when and where to listen.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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“Acidic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acidic. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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