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alcohol

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


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The region set a record this year for the earliest harvest given the exceptionally hot summer, which caused high sugar content in the grapes and forced an easing of rules on alcohol content.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Arey said the school has reduced limits on both the number of attendees and amount of alcohol in the past decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

However, that study used polyvinyl alcohol particles rather than the dissolving gelatin particles examined by Fleckenstein's team.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Phoebe, 20, said: "We found it really interesting that it's a night event, but it's not based around alcohol and the club. It's about wellbeing and interacting with people your age."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

I looked back at her, my stomach flipping over inside my body, my head getting woozy like I was drunk even though I didn’t have a sip of alcohol in forever.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

Hydrocarbons and chemical compounds like industrial alcohols and plastics accounted for the bulk of Tehran's exports to Beijing.

From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026

From there, the researchers build the structure in stages, adding chemical functional groups, including alcohols, ketones, and amides, while carefully controlling stereochemistry at each step.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 22, 2025

Deducting the value of fiber and sugar alcohols from the total carbohydrate content of a food gives what's considered its net carb value.

From Salon ● Feb. 29, 2024

There are also polyols or sugar alcohols - erythritol particularly has gained traction in recent years.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023

Many of these fractions, the sugars and starches, the alcohols and acids, the emulsifiers and stabi lizers with the strange names, will be made into food.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan


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