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acidity

[uh-sid-i-tee] / əˈsɪd ɪ ti /


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Elegant and structured, it has juicy acidity and aromas of jasmine, hay and spice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

I add a little Worcestershire powder for acidity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Their research examined how electronegative elements affect acidity and also produced results that did not fit conventional textbook descriptions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Among the beverages tested, soda produced the greatest increase in mouth acidity.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

When she asked him in halting English about the acidity of soil and how it affected the corn crop, Charlie said, “Knows her dirt.”

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Mother herself, played with benign obliviousness by Carolyn McCormick, utters streams of soothing phrases, ignoring both her husband’s acidities and her children’s increasing discomfort.

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2014

If peak acidities rather than long-term averages are what matters most, natural variability could make things worse.

From Economist ● Jul. 1, 2010

The most celebrated is Dorothy Parker, essentially a short-story writer whose glib acidities at and near the Algonquin Round Table gave her a legendary reputation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her laborious refinement and sincerity are expertly relieved by the acidities of Edna May Oliver.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Mapp felt it better to tear herself away before she began distilling all sorts of acidities that welled up in her fruitful mind.

From Miss Mapp by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson




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