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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

Similar hallucinations have also been documented in people experiencing alcohol withdrawal, dementia, macular degeneration, and other neurological conditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 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

Samuel Allsopp did something hitherto unknown, he upped the alcohol and hop content which both act as preservatives.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Zeitoun didn’t gamble and had never had a drop of alcohol, so when his own shifts were over, he went back to work, helping whoever needed it.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Sorbitol belongs to a category of sweeteners called sugar alcohols, which provide sweetness and are commonly used as sugar substitutes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

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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