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
At Libre, her mezcal and dessert bar, Gonzalez Martinez makes a strawberry chamoy thick enough to pipe onto pineapple sorbet and mixes chamoy with pickle brine from a local company for a unique version of pickled chamoy.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Geothermal plants create steam power from boiling, mineral-rich brine drawn from deep under geothermal fields.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The brine itself should be room temperature or colder before adding the chicken parts and should totally cover the chicken.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
During lacto-fermentation, cucumbers or olives are soaked in a saltwater brine, where naturally occurring bacteria, specifically lactic acid bacteria (LAB), consume the food’s natural sugars and produce lactic acid.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 5 Aug. 2025
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Geothermal plants create steam power from boiling, mineral-rich brine drawn from deep under geothermal fields.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The brine itself should be room temperature or colder before adding the chicken parts and should totally cover the chicken.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
During lacto-fermentation, cucumbers or olives are soaked in a saltwater brine, where naturally occurring bacteria, specifically lactic acid bacteria (LAB), consume the food’s natural sugars and produce lactic acid.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brine
Noun
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The ultimate therapy might just be sitting by the tranquil sea with a soothing cup of your personally prescribed tea and a healthy afternoon snack.—
Sherrie Nachman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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There’s something intrinsic about following that route from city to sea in a region where life and work and industry were dictated by the river for so long.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Since Myanmar is close to the ocean, seafoods like fish and shrimp are integral to Burmese cuisine.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Many of France's power stations draw seawater directly from the ocean as coolant for their inner workings.—
Theo Burman
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Brine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brine. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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