Definition of salinenext
as in salt
of, relating to, or containing salt tears are saline

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for saline
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salt
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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
  • 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 31 Jan. 2026.

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