acid test

Example Sentences

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Single stair, and the fate of Culver City’s ordinance specifically, represents an early California acid test.

From Los Angeles Times

"We want to ramp up the volume of convictions - I think that will be ultimately the acid test," he added.

From BBC

“Please be polite and stop slandering nucleic acid tests by splashing dirty water,” Mr. Hu said.

From New York Times

Authorities in Sanhe city, which is comprised of Yanjiao and nine other towns, said on Wednesday residents "would be restricted from entering and exiting Beijing" after "an abnormal nucleic acid test" was reported.

From Reuters

"This whole April, up to now, we have done 16 nucleic acid tests - this costs a huge amount of taxpayer's money," one Shanghai resident said in a post on the WeChat social media platform.

From Reuters