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can

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noun

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as in barrel
a metal container in the shape of a cylinder the shelter stores huge cans of water for an emergency

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Recent Examples of can
Noun
Grocery stores pack their shelves with cans upon cans of baked beans, each one ready for your next cookout or a hearty breakfast. Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 May 2025 The Leafs star winger nearly spilled his can of Molson Canadian under Domi’s weight. Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 May 2025 The refreshed bottles and cans will roll out throughout the next several months. Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 Aluminum cans from Anheuser-Busch that held drinking water and were handed out after various flooding disasters rest on display. Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for can
Recent Examples of Synonyms for can
Verb
  • Chemotherapy Chemotherapy agents, most commonly docetaxel, may be used when hormone treatments stop working and a person has metastatic CRPC.
    Matthew Wosnitzer, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
  • Angelo must stop whoever’s coming for his family by searching his past hits for clues, and the list is very long.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • The office had to remove most furniture and relocate client documents somewhere dry.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
  • Inside, the inmates then cut through the pipes connected to the sink and toilet to remove them and escape through the wall.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • On another morning Woods put a hollow red barrel on the drill and bored into the ice at a refrozen site to extract an ice core about as long and thick as his arm.
    Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
  • The International Monetary Fund has estimated that oil must be at almost $100 a barrel for the kingdom to balance its funding of Vision 2030 economic transformation.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Seven inmates are still at large on May 19 after escaping from a New Orleans jail through a hole behind a toilet.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • The attack lands him behind bars, not for the first time, with his seven-month jail stint an interstice covered by the first of Dickinson’s vertiginous reality-break sequences.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Free tampons and pads are available in the restroom, said Onyx Theater General Manager Celine Negrete.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2025
  • American River Wellness surveyed 3,017 drivers and truckers to find the nation’s best public restrooms, with three from Connecticut making the list.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • The renovation will also add 2,000 seats in the courtside-level bowl.
    Jessica Golden, CNBC, 19 May 2025
  • With overseas ballots still to be counted and four seats undecided, Chega could overtake the Socialist Party and become the official opposition.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • When that shows '0,' this restaurant needs to cease operations.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 May 2025
  • Starting June 1, the forecast office in Fairbanks, Alaska, also will cease overnight staffing; Pendleton, Oregon, also is on the list provided by Fahy, but a date has not been set.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • The announcement comes after a jury candidate was dismissed on the first day of Combs' trial due to her connection to the publishing company.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • When Trump left the presidency in 2021, the court dismissed the case as moot, leaving the constitutional provision largely untested and unresolved.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 13 May 2025

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“Can.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/can. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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