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
Local and state officials have prepared warming shelters and treated roads with a saltwater brine.
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Lauren Caruba, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Roadways have been treated with a brine solution made of salt and water.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
Around 2,000 sanitation workers will work 12 hour shifts to salt, brine and remove snow starting Saturday morning, Mamdani said.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Crews began pretreating roads Thursday morning with salt brine and will work around the clock starting Saturday, said Alfred Oyoyo, the deputy street superintendent at CDOT.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026
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Lauren Caruba, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Roadways have been treated with a brine solution made of salt and water.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
Around 2,000 sanitation workers will work 12 hour shifts to salt, brine and remove snow starting Saturday morning, Mamdani said.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
Crews began pretreating roads Thursday morning with salt brine and will work around the clock starting Saturday, said Alfred Oyoyo, the deputy street superintendent at CDOT.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brine
Noun
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Melting sea ice has opened new shipping lanes, including the Northern Sea Route, dramatically shortening transit times between Europe and Asia.—
Paul McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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Climate change, the subsequent melting of pack ice and the opening of new sea lanes is making the Arctic more navigable and -- potentially -- more lucrative.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The beating heart of Delray Beach, Atlantic Avenue, stretches from I-95 all the way to the ocean.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2026
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This capability is especially relevant for wide-area ocean surveillance, where early detection can determine the effectiveness of long-range strike missions.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Brine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brine. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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