saltier
1 Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Whether your team chicken, shrimp, or beef, the individual packets are highly concentrated and on the saltier side.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Scientists wanted to determine how salinity affects ichthyocarbonate production, which is known to increase as fish adjust to saltier conditions through normal osmoregulation.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
Or it could simply be more evidence that New Yorkers are saltier than average sports fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
Utah’s Great Salt, another critical stopover, declined in 2022 to its lowest level on record, making the water saltier and more difficult for brine shrimp and flies to reproduce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
But what she brought back was familiar, the dried fish even saltier, and she sang, with an amused expression, the song the women sang at the center.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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