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Recent Examples of saline
Durability tests further demonstrated stable operation over two weeks in highly concentrated saline solutions with 20% salt content, exceeding the salinity of normal seawater, reported Techxplore.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
Lovely notes of pear and lemon cream finish with a distinctly saline minerality.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
And less than five years after a pandemic killed more than a million Americans, scientists who study infectious diseases are struggling to pay for saline solution, gloves and blood to feed lab mosquitos.
—ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
Brewer also stole fentanyl from a secure hospital locker, as well as needles, syringes and saline flushes from a hospital supply room on multiple occasions, according to prosecutors.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
Lovely notes of pear and lemon cream finish with a distinctly saline minerality.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
And less than five years after a pandemic killed more than a million Americans, scientists who study infectious diseases are struggling to pay for saline solution, gloves and blood to feed lab mosquitos.
—ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2025
Brewer also stole fentanyl from a secure hospital locker, as well as needles, syringes and saline flushes from a hospital supply room on multiple occasions, according to prosecutors.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saline
salt
Adjective
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Star jasmine is moderately salt tolerant but not cold hardy.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
22 Sep. 2025
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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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“Saline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saline. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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