alcohol
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Growth was strongest in developing markets and weakest in North America, in line with depressed trends in U.S. alcohol sales across the sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
There is precedent for this; after the 18th Amendment, which banned the sale of alcohol, was ratified, it took another amendment, the 21st, to overturn Prohibition.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
They then classified the additions into several categories, including dairy milk, half-and-half, dairy cream, non-dairy milk, non-dairy creamer, sugar/syrup, sugar substitutes, and other ingredients such as alcohol and cocoa powder.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
The stench of human waste, urine, rotting wounds, and strong rubbing alcohol surrounds me, permeating my clothes, skin, and hair.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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
This shift pointed to the formation of alcohols, carboxylates, ethers, and carbonyls.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
Bacteria, fungi, and plants use this enzyme to oxidize alcohols.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
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
The expertise at distillation that medieval Islamic alchemists developed to produce alcohols and perfumes also let them distill petroleum into fractions, some of which proved to be even more powerful incendiaries.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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