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Recent Examples of saline
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
Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
Both tanks’ temperature and salinity were kept as close to identical as possible.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Trinity tells him that the delay in alerting him was her fault and the saline idea was Mohan’s.
—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
Noun
Using high-resolution bathymetric maps from its deep-sea sonar surveys, along with real-time oceanographic data on temperature, salinity, and currents collected by buoys and research vessels, the PLA has built detailed models of acoustic propagation.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
Both tanks’ temperature and salinity were kept as close to identical as possible.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saline
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
Noun
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And while most people agree that red-eye gravy needs no seasoning beyond the country ham’s saltiness, some cooks add pinches of sugar and/or cayenne.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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Medium-bodied with good weight on the palate, lively acidity and a finish with excellent persistence and the textbook saltiness of this grape.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Saline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saline. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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