How to Use litmus test in a Sentence
litmus test
noun- The party is using attitudes about gun control as a litmus test for political candidates.
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Think of them as more of a Rorschach test than a litmus test.
— Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2021 -
Or a litmus test in terms of finding the right fit there?
— Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 3 May 2022 -
The age of 81 alone is not the litmus test of one’s ability to serve.
— Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2024 -
The litmus test: was the bathroom too small to close the door behind her?
— Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2022 -
For decades, ethanol has been a true litmus test in the Hawkeye State.
— Miranda Green, The New Republic, 10 Feb. 2020 -
The matchup with the Vikings will be a good litmus test to see how much the Bengals have improved.
— Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2021 -
The true litmus test was to see what Forrie J. Smith thinks.
— Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 30 Aug. 2019 -
To me, the litmus test and one of the ways that really shows up for Brady is on third-and-eight.
— Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2020 -
Some view chicken as a litmus test for a kitchen’s skill.
— Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 15 Aug. 2019 -
As a kid, the ranking was always the litmus test of success.
— Nick Williams, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2020 -
The resolution process of the housing lender will prove to be a litmus test for the law.
— Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 28 Nov. 2019 -
The Seagoville game appeared to a key litmus test Pinkston passed.
— Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2022 -
How the game goes could be a litmus test for both franchises.
— Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2024 -
How will that play out in an era when school choice has become a GOP litmus test?
— Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Mar. 2023 -
But the real litmus test is what a host is like behind closed doors.
— Boris Fishman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2022 -
If not, what will be the progressive litmus test in 2022?
— James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2021 -
The jump in gas prices could prove to be a litmus test for Metro and mass transit in general.
— Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022 -
But who knows what Trump whim will be the next litmus test for remaining in his good graces?
— Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 10 Oct. 2021 -
There is no Trump litmus test for Supreme Court appointees.
— Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 29 Sep. 2020 -
And it’s why many see the trial as a litmus test: If this video won’t make a difference, what would?
— Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021 -
What the state decides to do with South African Airways could be a litmus test for that resolve.
— Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg.com, 26 May 2020 -
As long as the state is first, it's seen as the first serious litmus test of a candidate.
— Clare Ulmer, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2020 -
Have the candidates in Ohio been made to submit to a kind of Trump-2020-election-claims litmus test?
— The New Yorker, 3 May 2022 -
In addition, Squid Game, given its dark and adult themes, may not be the best litmus test.
— Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2021 -
The stock market’s bumpy start to 2022 provides a useful litmus test.
— Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 30 Jan. 2022 -
The annual tournament acts as a litmus test for the men's game (is Tiger okay?!).
— USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024 -
This article is the turn of VMware to pass the litmus test to be a trustworthy multi-cloud provider.
— Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 8 June 2021 -
Exploring a Porsche listing is a nod to that need and will be a litmus test of sorts for its future.
— Eyk Henning, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2021 -
The local elections results in Thuringia and Saxony are seen by many as a litmus test for Scholz and his coalition partners ahead of next year’s general elections.
— Claudia Otto, CNN, 1 Sep. 2024
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