as in sea
the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth
for hundreds of years people from Atlantic Canada have made their living from the brine
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Recent Examples of brine
Desalinating that water, however, would produce tons of brine, or super-salty sludge, as waste.
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Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Jarred pimientos are packed in brine, which keeps them plump and seasoned.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Today, its surface is bitterly cold, with most of its underground water frozen into a thick shell of ice, with some remaining as a salty brine trapped below.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Empty the relish into a large mixing bowl, add all the ingredients for the brine and seasoning and mix well to combine.
—Nicole Hvidsten, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
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Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Jarred pimientos are packed in brine, which keeps them plump and seasoned.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
Today, its surface is bitterly cold, with most of its underground water frozen into a thick shell of ice, with some remaining as a salty brine trapped below.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Empty the relish into a large mixing bowl, add all the ingredients for the brine and seasoning and mix well to combine.
—Nicole Hvidsten, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brine
Noun
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The resort's Star Camp kids club encourages youngsters to be stewards of the land and sea, emphasizing sustainable initiatives such as recycling and ocean ecology.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Navy searched the area extensively, but after two weeks, Earhart and Noonan were declared lost at sea.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the same way that eye lenses and corneas are composed of simplified tissues, many transparent ocean animals also fill much of their insides with gelatinous material or fluid.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Trends observed include increases in hot extremes and extreme single-day precipitation events, declines in cold extremes, regional shifts in annual precipitation, warming of the Earth's oceans, a decrease in ocean pH, rising sea levels, and an increase in wildfire severity.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Brine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brine. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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