as in weaving
to scatter or set here and there among other things
the old sailor salted his tale of the voyage with crude anecdotes and rough language
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Recent Examples of salting
In his Kurdish-majority town (equidistant from large cities Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakır, also with large Kurdish populations), Eyüp works at a tomato harvesting farm, gathering and salting heaps of the crimson fruit under the baking sun.
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Tomris Laffly, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Red meats and poultry are made into these products by salting, curing, fermenting, smoking, or adding chemical preservatives.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
Because your pasta cooking water serves as the foundation for your sauce, avoid over-salting it.
—Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
As mentioned above, salting the cucumbers pulls excess liquid from the slices and guarantees a crunchy salad.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Tomris Laffly, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Red meats and poultry are made into these products by salting, curing, fermenting, smoking, or adding chemical preservatives.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
Because your pasta cooking water serves as the foundation for your sauce, avoid over-salting it.
—Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
As mentioned above, salting the cucumbers pulls excess liquid from the slices and guarantees a crunchy salad.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salting
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The debate over lasting solutions reveals the complexity of how criminal organizations have grown so powerful, weaving themselves into nearly every layer of Brazilian society over time.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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What results is a familiar historical drama, weaving together many various characters in the buildup to the climactic courtroom showdown.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Boston Herald,
6 Nov. 2025
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Garner takes the diary form, mixing the intimate, the intellectual, and the everyday, to new heights.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Cursed Daughters is more of an intergenerational saga, mixing comedy and tragedy in the way all families do.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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The discovery helped open the door to more recent developments such as tinkering with the genetic makeup of living things, treating disease by inserting genes into patients, identifying human remains and criminal suspects from DNA samples, and tracing family trees and ancient human ancestors.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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To prevent the card from becoming soggy, fold a piece of clear tape across the bottom of the card before inserting into the fruit.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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Heat 2 serves as both a prequel and a sequel to the film, interspersing storylines from earlier in the characters' careers (circa 1988) with the events that followed the 1995 film.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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An ugly opening half, which featured the teams combining for 6-of-24 shooting in the game’s first 10 minutes, saw the visiting Wildcats catch fire from beyond the arc.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Nov. 2025
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Fire Breathing in the Wild, a show combining live music, slam poetry and breathing to explore themes about living in California, will be presented Saturday at the West Sacramento Black Box Theater.—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Salting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salting. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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