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Recent Examples of salinity
Fascinatingly, this strategy is strikingly similar to those of sharks and rays, which also retain their urea to account for the salinity of seawater.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Changing the salinity or saltiness of water can come with negative impacts.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
Flavors of peach and nectarine merge with notes of crushed rose petal and a hint of salinity that lingers into the brilliant finish.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
In a study published October 31 in IEEE Sensors Letters, a team in Australia characterized the nature of underwater electrical fields under different salinities.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2025
As salinity increases, salts crystallize, and chemicals help isolate lithium.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Rather than a conventional floor-by-floor layout, the dome houses a kind of ecological cross-section, where different salinity zones and their matching crops work together in a regulated loop.
—New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
Drying lakes, groundwater depletion and rising salinity are now prevalent across Iran, reflecting dire water security risks throughout the country.
—Ali Mirchi, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
People flying in planes over the bay can see the huge piles of white salt, and the colorful mosaic of orange, red, brown and green salt ponds, which draw their colors from different types of algae, bacteria and brine shrimp that live in the varying salinity.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Changing the salinity or saltiness of water can come with negative impacts.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
Flavors of peach and nectarine merge with notes of crushed rose petal and a hint of salinity that lingers into the brilliant finish.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
In a study published October 31 in IEEE Sensors Letters, a team in Australia characterized the nature of underwater electrical fields under different salinities.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2025
As salinity increases, salts crystallize, and chemicals help isolate lithium.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Rather than a conventional floor-by-floor layout, the dome houses a kind of ecological cross-section, where different salinity zones and their matching crops work together in a regulated loop.
—New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
Drying lakes, groundwater depletion and rising salinity are now prevalent across Iran, reflecting dire water security risks throughout the country.
—Ali Mirchi, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
People flying in planes over the bay can see the huge piles of white salt, and the colorful mosaic of orange, red, brown and green salt ponds, which draw their colors from different types of algae, bacteria and brine shrimp that live in the varying salinity.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salinity
saltiness
Noun
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The cheesecakes are creamy without being too heavy, and the fillings balance nicely with the saltiness and crunch of the graham cracker crust.—
Austin American Statesman,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Jan. 2026
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Changing the salinity or saltiness of water can come with negative impacts.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Salinity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salinity. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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