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Recent Examples of briny
Guests enjoyed small bites of briny mussels filled with Bluefin tuna, piquant gochujang sardine toasts, and an elegant Korean beef tartare.
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Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 May 2025
Shifting our focus to green things, Yasmin Fahr’s zesty pasta with feta and green olives is briny and tangy and can be on the table in under 20 minutes.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Chef Roberto Alcocer's innovative menu ranges from chilly platters of briny oysters to rich, succulent lamb birria.
—Travel + Leisure Staff, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2025
Researchers found traces of 11 minerals that were likely part of a briny mixture left behind after deposits of water evaporated off Bennu and its parent asteroid.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
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Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 May 2025
Shifting our focus to green things, Yasmin Fahr’s zesty pasta with feta and green olives is briny and tangy and can be on the table in under 20 minutes.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Chef Roberto Alcocer's innovative menu ranges from chilly platters of briny oysters to rich, succulent lamb birria.
—Travel + Leisure Staff, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2025
Researchers found traces of 11 minerals that were likely part of a briny mixture left behind after deposits of water evaporated off Bennu and its parent asteroid.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for briny
salt
Adjective
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The only edible thing in that Airbnb is salt.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Aug. 2025
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Lauren's house was wiped clean of all physical evidence, right down to stray hairs in her drain, which is really salt in the wound.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Briny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/briny. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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