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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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Besides playing the main stage, the real litmus test of MGU’s trajectory was an afternoon set on the Elks Park stage tucked away in downtown Telluride.

— Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
Nonetheless, the association of Nike with exceptional athletes remains a litmus test for relevance, consumer sentiment, and brand equity — all metrics Hill should be working toward as part of his ongoing brand turnaround.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

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In Lyon, France's third-largest city where about 20,000 protesters joined the march, a fire broke out inside a tourist office.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
At the height of the incident, DeKalb fire crews blocked two right lanes of I-85 southbound and the entire access road next to it.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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In short, the researchers somehow focused the X-rays into an area roughly 100,000 times smaller than the cross-section of a typical human hair.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Co-written by playwright (and Succession co-writer) Will Arbery, Sacrifice starts off as a showbiz satire that eventually transforms into a cross between Apocalypse Now and The Lord of the Rings.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

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That a self-image forged in the crucible of the fear of being ugly makes women amputate their talents?

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Having now seen both movies, there’s no question that Whalefall put him through the more unbearable crucible.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

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