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
In the financial hub of Shanghai, the Disneyland resort said it would reduce its guest capacity and from Sunday require visitors to present negative nucleic acid test results taken within 24 hours.
From Reuters
The acid test of separation of powers is whether members of Congress are willing to assert their authority against a president of their own party.
From New York Times
“The venue immediately activated the rescue and epidemic prevention mechanism and carried out an epidemic review until a negative result from a nucleic acid test was confirmed,” the government said afterward.
From New York Times
The case, filed by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, will provide an acid test of Weisselberg’s loyalty to the family he has served for nearly five decades.
From Reuters
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