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salt

[sawlt] / sɔlt /


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Sodium-ion batteries made using the same stuff found in ordinary table salt could reduce China dependency in the fast-growing energy-storage business.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Apart from poppy seeds, the product also contains sesame seeds, sea salt, minced garlic and minced onion.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

So although it’s always worth taking them with a grain of salt, last night’s bigger loser was betting markets, whose predictive power in Wisconsin was effectively zero.

From Slate Aug. 12, 2026

The process involves spraying particles such as silver iodide and salt from aircraft to produce rainfall, but depends on clouds being present.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

“Too much salt water makes it brittle,” she said.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

They said these often contained heavy metal salts or nitrosamines that can leach into the environment once the balloon degrades.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Food manufacturers can also replace some sodium with potassium salts, but there are practical limits.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

Kyle Shanahan must believe the olfactory exhilaration of smelling salts enhances his coaching ability.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Then I’ll drink a whole liter of water if I need to replenish my body with some electrolytes and some mineral salts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

“Gonadal hormones, transfusion of young blood, magnesium salts . . .” “And do remember that a gramme is better than a damn.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Marcona almonds are lovely if you want an amusing high-low dialogue with the potato chips that appear later, though any salted roasted almond will do.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

The strips were then blanched, salted, and fried in soybean oil that had been heated to 180 degrees Celsius.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

When dried and salted, guitarfish is used in soups and stews across Ghana.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

You can very easily make salted corn chips at home with some corn flour, oil, and salt.

From Slate Jul. 12, 2026

She poured water into a bowl and salted it generously.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

First, the bad news: “Snowcrete” is the treacherous ice that results when rain, imprecise or nonexistent plowing and insufficient salting turn what was once fluffy white snow into a dense and dirty scourge.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 2, 2026

They could get a job now and start salting away that cash and get some great life lessons along the way.

From Slate Apr. 29, 2024

The Drexel team has been developing its cold-weather-resilient concrete mix over the last five years with the goal of reducing the freezing, thawing and salting that eats away at roads and other concrete surfaces.

From Science Daily Mar. 18, 2024

The Department for Infrastructure said salting of "roads on the scheduled network considered to be at risk of ice and snow has been undertaken through the night".

From BBC Jan. 17, 2024

Stupid Marysville had so much snow that winter that the town ran out of money to pay for the plowing and the salting and the sanding.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt




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