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"Litmus test" is a commonly used expression that refers to a single event or situation that can determine or reveal a larger complex issue or problem. It is often used figuratively to describe a critical assessment or evaluation of something. Example: "The company's new advertising campaign will be a litmus test of its brand identity and marketing strategy."
Idiom
A litmus test.
A method which clearly proves something.
Dictionary
Litmus test
noun
A simple test for the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, using litmus paper.
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"That's the litmus test".
Therein lies the litmus test.
My litmus test is different.
Golf "was a litmus test for character.
And that litmus test is inspiration.
Beretta's political litmus test is stringent.
It is nature's ultimate litmus test".
This will be the litmus test".
New York is the perfect litmus test.
I don't have a litmus test.
"There has not been a litmus test.
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