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Recent Examples of salinity
Fascinatingly, this strategy is strikingly similar to those of sharks and rays, which also retain their urea to account for the salinity of seawater.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Similar to his trip to the Arctic, he was set to swab and syringe anything that looked promising, secure the findings in test tubes and collect as much information as possible — salinity, pressure, temperature — about where samples were found.
—Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2026
Changing the salinity or saltiness of water can come with negative impacts.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
Flavors of peach and nectarine merge with notes of crushed rose petal and a hint of salinity that lingers into the brilliant finish.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
In a study published October 31 in IEEE Sensors Letters, a team in Australia characterized the nature of underwater electrical fields under different salinities.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2025
As salinity increases, salts crystallize, and chemicals help isolate lithium.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Rather than a conventional floor-by-floor layout, the dome houses a kind of ecological cross-section, where different salinity zones and their matching crops work together in a regulated loop.
—New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
Drying lakes, groundwater depletion and rising salinity are now prevalent across Iran, reflecting dire water security risks throughout the country.
—Ali Mirchi, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Similar to his trip to the Arctic, he was set to swab and syringe anything that looked promising, secure the findings in test tubes and collect as much information as possible — salinity, pressure, temperature — about where samples were found.
—Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2026
Changing the salinity or saltiness of water can come with negative impacts.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
Flavors of peach and nectarine merge with notes of crushed rose petal and a hint of salinity that lingers into the brilliant finish.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2025
In a study published October 31 in IEEE Sensors Letters, a team in Australia characterized the nature of underwater electrical fields under different salinities.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2025
As salinity increases, salts crystallize, and chemicals help isolate lithium.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
Rather than a conventional floor-by-floor layout, the dome houses a kind of ecological cross-section, where different salinity zones and their matching crops work together in a regulated loop.
—New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
Drying lakes, groundwater depletion and rising salinity are now prevalent across Iran, reflecting dire water security risks throughout the country.
—Ali Mirchi, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salinity
saltiness
Noun
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Silky mousse pairs perfectly with the saltiness in dark chocolate.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
10 Feb. 2026
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However Frankensteinian the shumai, the seasoning of the filling is finely tuned, with a hit of dusky white pepper to nicely complicate the saltiness.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Salinity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salinity. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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