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Near Tongariki, the team found an area where the water contained just 3,690mg of salt per liter. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "How did Easter Islanders survive without wells or streams?," 17 Oct. 2018 Using a standard fuel canister and ignitor built into the burner, the 14.5-ounce stove-and-pot set brings a half-liter of water to boil in under 2 minutes. — Clint Carter, WSJ, "Never Camped in the Snow? You’re Missing Out.," 11 Dec. 2018 Because of Canada’s protectionist dairy industry, Canadian farmers earn much more per liter of milk. — Rick Noack, Washington Post, "G-7 rift generates another dispute: Whether Canada’s Trudeau belongs in heaven or hell," 11 June 2018 Ice samples from five regions across the Arctic Ocean contained up to 12,000 of the tiny particles per liter of sea ice, researchers say. — John Bacon, USA TODAY, "Arctic ice choked with record amount of microplastic from cigarette butts to packing material," 25 Apr. 2018 Casa says a gram of sodium per liter is generally a good amount, which is the serving size found in products like Nuun and Gatorade Endurance Formula. — Laura Schwecherl, SELF, "The First-Time Marathoner's Guide to Fuel and Hydration for Your Marathon Training," 6 Oct. 2018 Instead, Toyota brought forth a machine aimed at its own class with a 2.0 liter, four-cylinder engine across three separate trim levels—the C-HR LE ($20,945), XLE ($22,980), and Limited ($26,000). — John Scott Lewinski, Ars Technica, "Toyota goes beyond boring and beige with the 2018 C-HR crossover," 4 Sep. 2018 Participants in this 2013 trial followed a low-fat diet (which does not really work for many people) compared to a Mediterranean diet supplemented with either a liter of olive oil per week or daily nut supplementation. — David Becker, Philly.com, "Major study on Mediterranean Diet was retracted, but this cardiologist recommends this way of eating," 19 June 2018 But the turbochargers that are all but omnipresent in today's two-liter engines don't play nicely with high compression ratios, because the combustion can become erratic and possibly result in engine knock (unwanted detonation of the fuel-air mix). — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, "Variable-compression engine meets crossover: Infiniti QX50 review," 8 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'liter.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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