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alcohol

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


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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

Men with hypertension are diagnosed and treated less frequently than women, even though they consume more tobacco and alcohol.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 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

The nurses are busy preparing silver trays of tools, bandages, and alcohol bottles.

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

However, production of these important chemicals is hindered by the low reactivity of ketones, which are precursors of tertiary propargyl alcohols.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2024

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

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023

Fermenting encompasses a range of processes through which microorganisms — yeasts, molds, bacteria — break down compounds in food to create alcohols, acids or alkalis, which in turn prevent the growth of harmful pathogens.

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 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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