salt
Example Sentences
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“While it’s great to get this official BLS data back, I do take it with a grain of salt,” she said.
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
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