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Recent Examples of saline
Trinity tells him that the delay in alerting him was her fault and the saline idea was Mohan’s.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Look for creative ingredient combinations like the Carretera, a blend of mezcal, pineapple Campari, coffee vermouth, and a splash of saline olive juice.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Plush, purple-yam blinis crowned with feathery Dungeness crab and the pop of gently saline ikura.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
The saline environment inside the human body provides the battery’s electrolyte, conveniently avoiding the toxic acids used in typical batteries.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2018
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Look for creative ingredient combinations like the Carretera, a blend of mezcal, pineapple Campari, coffee vermouth, and a splash of saline olive juice.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Plush, purple-yam blinis crowned with feathery Dungeness crab and the pop of gently saline ikura.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
The saline environment inside the human body provides the battery’s electrolyte, conveniently avoiding the toxic acids used in typical batteries.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saline
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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“Saline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saline. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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