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alcohol

[al-kuh-hawl, -hol] / ˈæl kəˌhɔl, -ˌhɒl /


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I liked how neither of us ordered a drink with dinner, choosing water over alcohol as the conversation remained interesting and focused.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Constellation posted fiscal fourth-quarter results on Wednesday after the bell, where the alcohol company beat sales and earnings expectations, but issued lower-than-expected fiscal 2027 guidance and withdrew its estimates for 2028.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Speakeasies long ago outlived their purpose as clandestine sellers of alcohol, but their appeal has endured.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Woods told officers he had not consumed alcohol that day.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

When both halves of the subject—the parts on either side of or or nor—are singular, so is the verb: Neither alcohol nor tobacco is allowed.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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