salt

Example Sentences

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And then top the whole thing with salt, the flakier the better.

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2026

Take everything she says with a grain of salt.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

"It's important to take some of the projections with a grain of salt," Tengler said.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

“We eat food that is rich in sugar, salt and santan,” or coconut fats, “and a lot of our food is deep fried,” he explained.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

At the indoor spice market, the merchants arranged open crates with colored mounds of red saffron threads, yellow turmeric, purple sumac, blue salt, black pepper, brown sugar, and green dried sage.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri