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Recent Examples of salinity
La Sibilla and Cantina del Mare both produce wines with abundant salinity, and in the whites wines (from Falanghina Flegria), one senses the surrounding landscape acutely.
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Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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
The city’s namesake lake, with its unusually high salinity, is a favorite spot for floating.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2025
Temperature, salinity and food availability influence jellyfish breeding, and in favorable conditions, such as warmer waters, populations can explode.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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
The city’s namesake lake, with its unusually high salinity, is a favorite spot for floating.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2025
Temperature, salinity and food availability influence jellyfish breeding, and in favorable conditions, such as warmer waters, populations can explode.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salinity
saltiness
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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“Salinity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salinity. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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