salt
Example Sentences
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Browned butter and brown sugar lend a molasses-tinged richness, while a drizzle of salted carrot caramel blurs the line between topping and filling, a glossy, amber ribbon that tastes like concentrated late-spring sun.
From Salon
But investors took the data with a grain of salt.
News & World Report article quoting Olson as saying Enron was “not very forthcoming about how they make their money” and adding: “I don’t know an analyst worth his salt who can seriously analyze Enron.”
It primarily uses fresh water from a reservoir and two tanks, but it also has pumping stations and equipment capable of drawing salt water from San Francisco Bay if necessary.
From Los Angeles Times
The beauty is that the formula stays simple — salt, pepper, a glug of olive oil — but this is also where you get to steer the salad’s personality.
From Salon
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