How to Use old salt in a Sentence
old salt
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Early surveyors recorded it as an old salt pond.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
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Bearded young artisans had bought an old salt factory that hadn’t been used since the Second World War.
—Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
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The slope is much better at buffering rising waters than the vertical walls of the old salt ponds, which would get scoured out when flooded with water, Halsing said.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2024
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Records describing the dangers of a new nuclear-waste repository will be printed on ceramic tablets and placed in an old salt mine in an Austrian mountain.
—Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
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Originally more than 22,965 feet long, the ancient walls wind over the hillsides, offering stunning views of the Dalmatian countryside and the 4,000-year-old salt pans below.
—Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
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