salting

Definition of saltingnext
present participle of salt

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of salting The goal is for salting to become muscle memory, your fingers an extension of your brain and your palate. Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026 Make ahead by salting and drying the tomatoes a few hours in advance, baking the crust earlier the same day, and assembling just before the final bake. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 26 June 2026 Let sit until ready to use (salting will pull out excess moisture from tomatoes). Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 June 2026 Some cucumber salad recipes call for salting and draining the cucumbers. Martha Stewart, 15 May 2026 State police said a Wayne County plow truck was salting the left lane of the highway when the driver of a 2004 Toyota passenger car sideswiped the salt truck. Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026 New York City Department of Sanitation garbage trucks, tasked with moving snow and salting streets, and city buses passed by every few minutes. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026 City workers are plowing and salting the streets so emergency vehicles can safely travel. Phil Helsel, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salting
Verb
  • Entertainment Tonight correspondent Emily Curl will introduce the package, weaving in interviews and on-location interviews from the newsmagazine’s 45-year library of episodes.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Adela follows her grandfather’s footsteps while transforming his political and anthropological work into art, weaving a sound map from languages at risk of disappearing.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Jahan is a proponent of strategically mixing in all kinds of different textiles.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 21 Aug. 2026
  • After mixing, chill the gelatin in the refrigerator until cold, but not set.
    Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Advanced X-ray analysis confirmed that the electrode reliably repeats this two-step storage process, inserting zinc ions first and then adding protons.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images In late July, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang posted on X for the first time to defend open-source models in artificial intelligence, inserting himself into a debate that was raging across the industry.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Arrange the citrus beautifully — interspersing different colors and sizes — on a serving platter.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Nunez has heard of other writers who proficiently multitask, setting down a partial manuscript while starting another, interspersing it all with stories and essays.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • One Buford company is trying to change that by combining the look of a vintage car with the technology and comfort of a modern luxury vehicle.
    Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The lunch and dinner menu is a window onto the Mediterranean, harmoniously combining the fruits of the land and the sea.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Salting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salting. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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