as in alcohol
a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk
you can't order liquor in a bar until you're 21 years old
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Recent Examples of liquor
County officials pointed to state budget cuts and a $276,000 drop in liquor revenue as factors squeezing finances.
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Idaho Statesman,
18 June 2026
The shooting happened even after a 311 complaint warned the city a week before the event that social media posts were advertising an unlicensed business’s plans to serve alcohol without a liquor license.
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Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
The liquor adds a spicy kick but the peaches are just as delicious without it.
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Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
Their peach martini has a touch of elderflower liquor and strawberry popping boba.
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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Idaho Statesman,
18 June 2026
The shooting happened even after a 311 complaint warned the city a week before the event that social media posts were advertising an unlicensed business’s plans to serve alcohol without a liquor license.
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Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
The liquor adds a spicy kick but the peaches are just as delicious without it.
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Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
Their peach martini has a touch of elderflower liquor and strawberry popping boba.
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Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for liquor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for liquor
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Despite the teetotaling decision, stacks of beer, including Michelob Ultra, Kona Big Wave, Bud Light and Budweiser sat behind the register as workers informed attendees that alcohol would be sold beginning Thursday.
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This is essentially the Philippines’ lambanog, tuba distilled, with a high alcohol proof and a bite like rustic sugarcane alcohol.
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The bagpipes, the booze, the kilts!
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The boat was later found to contain 61 empty and partially empty booze bottles and cans, after FWC officers pulled the boat from the bay a day after the crash.
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For drinks, lean on pre-batched cocktails, a help-yourself bar, freezer-door cocktails or wine.
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Sandlot Social softly opened this week, offering cheap drinks, beer pong, putt-putt and — perhaps most notably — 10 baseball simulators.
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Founded in 1703, Barbados’ Mount Gay Rum bills itself as the world’s oldest continuously running rum distillery.
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The Malibu coconut rum, pineapple and coconut flavors can be enhanced by adding a fruit swirl of your choosing — strawberry, blackberry, mango or watermelon.
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The day after the crash, the boat was found to contain 61 empty and partially empty booze bottles and cans, after FWC officers pulled the boat from the bay.
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More than 11,000 bottles of the blood pressure medication chlorthalidone have been recalled, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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“Liquor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liquor. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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