as in sailors
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
an old salt who taught me everything I know about sailing and the sea
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as in mixes
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 salts
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
For almost a century, some important vaccines, including shots that protect against diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis and the flu, have included aluminum salts, compounds that contain small amounts of aluminum.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Multivitamins, oral rehydration salts, and electrolyte supplements can help, if available.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
More importantly there’d be no life, as salts play a crucial part in the world’s biology and ecology.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Many dyes rely on mordants—metallic salts used to fix color to fabric—that can range from benign to environmentally harmful.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 13 Oct. 2025
Among these compounds are salts called electrolytes, which could suppress charge separation between gas bubbles.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Magnesium salts like magnesium oxide are more likely to reduce iron absorption.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Oct. 2025
Iron salts dissolve in the mouth to produce a metallic taste.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
This is achieved by heating molten salts, which retain energy efficiently and can later release it to power turbines.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
For almost a century, some important vaccines, including shots that protect against diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis and the flu, have included aluminum salts, compounds that contain small amounts of aluminum.
—NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Multivitamins, oral rehydration salts, and electrolyte supplements can help, if available.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
More importantly there’d be no life, as salts play a crucial part in the world’s biology and ecology.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Many dyes rely on mordants—metallic salts used to fix color to fabric—that can range from benign to environmentally harmful.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 13 Oct. 2025
Among these compounds are salts called electrolytes, which could suppress charge separation between gas bubbles.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Magnesium salts like magnesium oxide are more likely to reduce iron absorption.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Oct. 2025
Iron salts dissolve in the mouth to produce a metallic taste.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salts
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Commercial-grade appliances, with deep-tilt skillet and griddle, enable sailors to cook more food faster.—
Gidget Fuentes,
USA Today,
5 Jan. 2026
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In October, Regatta Bonaire draws sailors for races around Bonaire and to its neighboring islands.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The system features a robotic arm that mixes a wide range of cocktails with precision.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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Producer Francesco Piro mixes the album with an ear for the alien and otherworldly so that none of the sounds feel like they were played by a few guys in a room.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Coast Guard has put out a signal to other mariners for the survivors in distress.—
Chris Boccia,
ABC News,
1 Jan. 2026
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They were based on what are called chronographic spheres, or time balls, used by mariners in the 1800s to set ship clocks and navigation instruments.—
Stephen J. Beard,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Directed by Kewsong Lee Artistic Director Lear deBessonet (Once Upon a Mattress, Into the Woods), the musical weaves fictional narratives with real historical figures and events.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Gran Vilaya Trek weaves a tapestry of natural and cultural wonders, winding through more than 30 miles of ancient cloud forests and pre-Incan archaeological remains.—
Ally Jaksen,
Outside,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Detailed this week in the journal ACS Sensors, the team describes a small device made from an array of microneedles that inserts into a dead fish (or fillets) and continuously measures hypoxanthine (HX), a key compound closely associated with spoilage.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2025
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Amid the melodrama, Trier inserts flashes of comedy.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Poppy seed dressing, popularized in the 1950s, combines sugar, vinegar, mustard, onion and oil with poppy seeds.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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His keen playful writing combines magical realism, genre-busting humor, literary zip—and there are few people better suited to adapting Wilder than Ethan Lipton.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Greengrass intersperses those blistering moments with scenes of firefighters and other authorities talking about how to deal with the fire and filling in plot points away from the action.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Private property intersperses protected areas.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Tanming Double-Breasted Peacoat Combine Swift’s and Hadid’s black coat looks into one with this in-between style, which incorporates elements of both of their ’fits.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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She’s not ruled by her primordial urges, but incorporates them into a larger personal quest for knowledge and enlightenment.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Salts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salts. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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