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Examples of table salt in a Sentence
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At the time Monsanto advertised that Roundup was as safe as table salt.
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Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
Sitting behind his desk and pouring table salt on the rim of a beer can, Jones told me if Rams owner Stan Kroenke couldn’t work out a deal to stay in St. Louis — and such a deal was highly improbable — he was gone.
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2024
Sodium is found in spinach and celery (as well as table salt, of course), while magnesium can be found in spinach, almonds, and tuna—and bananas are famously rich in potassium.
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Deanna Pai, Vogue, 16 July 2024
Pink curing salt is regular table salt with sodium nitrate and is used to preserve meats.
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1670, in the meaning defined above
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“Table salt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20salt. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
Kids Definition
table salt
noun
: salt for use on food and in cooking
Medical Definition
table salt
noun
: salt and especially sodium chloride refined for use at the table and in cooking
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