salted

verb

past tense of salt
as in interspersed
to scatter or set here and there among other things the old sailor salted his tale of the voyage with crude anecdotes and rough language

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Recent Examples of salted In 2024, a chocolate salted caramel cake sold for $10,000 and a chocolate cake sold for a record $50,000 in 2023, The Baltimore Sun reported. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 At lunch, a stellar choice is the thali, a sampler platter of savory and balanced vegetarian, chicken, or goat curries, with lentils, rice, vegetables, and chutneys, all seasoned and salted just right. — Shindy Chen, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026 Yes, there’s salted caramel in it, but that’s contrasted with frankincense, sandalwood, and cypriol to avoid the scent becoming confectionary. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 31 July 2026 Think beau sels oysters, salted fish croquettes, roasted swordfish and pizzas topped with lobster, tomatoes and stracciatella. — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026 Snooz currently comes in three flavors, including vanilla, chocolate and salted caramel, according to the brand. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026 Right now the lineup includes vanilla, chocolate and salted caramel. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026 Fried sides are on point, with curly fries with togarashi ($5), waffle fries with herbs ($5), sweet potato fries with brown sugar and cayenne ($5) or just straight up shoestring fries ($5-7) or onion rings ($6), salted. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026 Nuttles, Disney’s version of chocolate turtles, consisting of milk chocolate, salted caramel and pecans, are available Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and often sell out by mid-day. — Tiffany Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salted
  1. interspersed
  2. mixed
  3. inserted
  4. combined
  5. threaded
  6. incorporated
Verb
  • Mounds of boulder star coral, interspersed with elkhorn and staghorn, shelter Caribbean spiny lobsters and green moray eels.
    — Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Live broadcasts of the volcano’s activity show periods of complete clarity interspersed with ash emissions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of interspersed
Verb
  • Asian markets were trading mixed on Tuesday, with South Korea's Kospi in positive territory, but Hong Kong and mainland Chinese markets down.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Mazzoli shifts themes to a darker register as addiction takes hold and the music turns to electronica by DJ Blume and Lorna Dune for teenagers’ raves, mixed into the Scottish Opera Orchestra.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of mixed
Verb
  • As a result, the Royals inserted Luke Maile behind the plate to finish the night.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Jabbour said an endovascular cerebrospinal fluid shunt, or E-shunt, is threaded into the brain with a catheter that's inserted through the groin.
    — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of inserted
Verb
  • The Ravens also went with an all-rookie running back rotation, and the trio of fifth-round pick Adam Randall and undrafted rookies Elijah Tau-Tolliver and Dontae McMillan combined for 128 rushing yards on 31 carries.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Collaborating with Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic, the team has developed high-definition panels combined with physical characters.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of combined
Verb
  • The first was a low-velocity ground ball threaded up the middle to drive in a run.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Jabbour said an endovascular cerebrospinal fluid shunt, or E-shunt, is threaded into the brain with a catheter that's inserted through the groin.
    — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of threaded
Verb
  • Mechanical strain could provide another control mechanism if it can eventually be incorporated into devices.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • One version of the antibody was incorporated into a drug that connects cancer cells to T cells.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of incorporated

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