as in sea
the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth
for hundreds of years people from Atlantic Canada have made their living from the brine
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Recent Examples of brine
Irlbeck told attendees that while Corpus Christi plans proposed to use an underwater sprinkler system to spread out salty discharge right in the bay, EPCOR intended to follow the country’s only two active seawater desalination plants and dilute the salty brine before pushing it back out.
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Rebekah F. Ward, Houston Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
A little goes a long way—the brine itself can be used for flavoring and color, and the cubes of tofu can be mashed with their liquid to make an ultra-savory paste.
—Jen Lin-Liu, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
Extracting lithium from deep-sea brines, if it is confirmed to be there, could be more straightforward than traditional seabed mining.
—Leonardo MacElloni, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
In extremely cold environments, this brine can eventually crystallize, leaving solid salt behind.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Mar. 2026
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Rebekah F. Ward, Houston Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026
A little goes a long way—the brine itself can be used for flavoring and color, and the cubes of tofu can be mashed with their liquid to make an ultra-savory paste.
—Jen Lin-Liu, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
Extracting lithium from deep-sea brines, if it is confirmed to be there, could be more straightforward than traditional seabed mining.
—Leonardo MacElloni, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
In extremely cold environments, this brine can eventually crystallize, leaving solid salt behind.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brine
Noun
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Despite the geopolitical and financial constraints, the sea-level canal studies employed hundreds of researchers who increased knowledge of the isthmus and its human and nonhuman inhabitants.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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Both leaders, however, dismissed questions about what the declaration between New Zealand and Cook Islands meant for Avarua’s earlier deal with Beijing, which covered matters such as deep sea mining, infrastructure and educational scholarships but didn’t contain explicit security elements.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These deep-ocean predators swim through near-freezing Arctic waters at a pace that barely registers.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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China is leading a race to collect metal-rich nodules from the ocean floor, resources seen as key to clean energy.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Brine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brine. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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