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Six example sentences with citric, each labelled with its topic.
A spoonful of citric powder sharpens the sorbet, giving the same bright bite as fresh lemon without thinning the mix.
Cooking
Old darkroom formulas used a citric stop bath, milder on the fingers than the vinegar-smelling version most labs mixed.
Photography
Kidney stone patients are told to drink lemonade, because the citric content keeps crystals from clumping in the urine.
Medicine
The citric acid cycle turns food into usable energy inside nearly every cell, and students memorize its eight steps each spring.
Science
Green cleaning brands rely on a citric solution to dissolve limescale, replacing harsher chemicals that ended up in rivers.
Environment
The plant ferments corn sugar into citric powder for soft drink makers, so a poor harvest raises its costs within months.
Business
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