acidity
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The researchers measured salivary pH rather than relying only on the acidity of the beverages themselves.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
One possibility is that increasing the acidity of saliva could speed up this chemical reaction.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
The tomato brings sweetness and acidity; the soy contributes salt and savory depth.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
The olive brine acts almost like a finishing seasoning, bringing acidity and salinity that brighten the entire dish.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
I was planning on assessing the acidity of the soil in my garden for the rest of the week.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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
Percy Hammond: "Excepting the soft acidities of Mr. Strachey's investigation, it is the most entertaining, so far as we know, of the impudent annals of its exemplary topic."
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 Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic)
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