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These companies extract lithium by pumping lithium brine -- a term describing lithium dissolved in saline groundwater -- from underground reservoirs.
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Arkansas Online, 16 Dec. 2025
Deep saline aquifers also have large storage capacities, ranging from about 1,000 to 20,000 gigatons.
—Ramesh Agarwal, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025
Using iontophoresis, the device delivers either a saline solution for electrical stimulation or a fluoxetine drug solution.
—Diya Dwarakanath, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2025
Natron bubbling out of pale saline lakes in the Wadi Natron (west of the Nile) was used in making the blue glaze faience for amulets such as Taweret’s and the scarab beetles such as those produced in a delta factory.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 16 Dec. 2025
Deep saline aquifers also have large storage capacities, ranging from about 1,000 to 20,000 gigatons.
—Ramesh Agarwal, The Conversation, 2 Dec. 2025
Using iontophoresis, the device delivers either a saline solution for electrical stimulation or a fluoxetine drug solution.
—Diya Dwarakanath, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2025
Natron bubbling out of pale saline lakes in the Wadi Natron (west of the Nile) was used in making the blue glaze faience for amulets such as Taweret’s and the scarab beetles such as those produced in a delta factory.
—Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saline
salt
Adjective
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Then came salt coffee, when a small coffee shop owner in Huế figured that salt and coffee might make for interesting bedfellows.—
Arundhati Hazra,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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Tomatoes and semi-salt-tolerant veggies thrive in the brackish zone.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Dec. 2025
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“Saline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saline. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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