saltwater

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Recent Examples of saltwater Set in a basin in the Alps, this picturesque town on the border of Austria is known for its saltwater therapies and fresh mountain air. Sofia Markovich, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2025 One hypothesis suggested that early alligators were saltwater tolerant and then later lost the trait. Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025 Fluoride also is found naturally in some groundwater, some plants, and crops such as spinach, tea leaves, some grains, saltwater fish and shellfish, says Sandip Sachar, DDS, a Manhattan dentist at Sachar Dental and committee member of the New York Dental Society. Sherri Gordon, Clc, Parents, 11 Apr. 2025 Dentists often recommend saltwater gargles and rinses after oral surgery. Sherri Gordon, Health, 14 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for saltwater
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saltwater
Adjective
  • The 500,000-gallon, conical tank holds deepwater fish from the nearby Gulf Stream.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Furthermore, a preliminary agreement with Egypt’s EGAS may lead to the development of five deepwater gas wells in the Mediterranean, connecting to existing infrastructure.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • During the dives, researchers collected hundreds of deep-sea samples and gathered data on biodiversity, ocean hydrology, sea ice conditions, and water chemistry.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025
  • By sinking algae into deep-sea sediments, Gigablue mimics a process that has regulated Earth’s climate for millennia—only faster, more reliably, and without the massive energy footprint of industrial capture machines.
    Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • America’s busiest cargo handling port is seeking proposals from interested parties to participate in the pre-development of a new marine terminal, Pier 500.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As plastic waste clogs rivers, kills marine life and threatens human health, many leaders of countries, communities and forward-looking companies are working on ways to stem the tide of plastic pollution.
    Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • With Aegis destroyers, advanced submarines, and F-35 jets, Japan emphasizes naval and missile defense.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • They were escorted part-way by Italian and Spanish naval ships, and their interception has been met by protests in several European countries.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Saltwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saltwater. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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