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Recent Examples of canisters
Cluttered Counters Make meal prep and clean up a breeze by keeping your counters streamlined, not filled to the max with appliances and canisters and the like.
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Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 9 June 2026
This portable option uses the same isobutane canisters recommended for high-efficiency backpacking stoves to keep a small camp free from pests.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
The waste will first be sealed inside corrosion-resistant copper canisters before being lowered into disposal holes drilled directly into the bedrock.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
The protest began hours after New Jersey State Police cleared the area Friday night, when protesters threw gas canisters and fireworks at officers escorting vehicles carrying employees out of the ICE facility.
—Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Palm-sized plastic canisters of the product are lined up in neat rows on the counter.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 20 May 2026
The next day she is shipped off to her first job, also within the confines of this impossibly vast building, which involves shoving film canisters down a pneumatic tube.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Donation canisters have been placed at participating stores around town with the locations posted on the Ramona Chamber’s Facebook page.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
In the filing, attorneys maintained that the clinic followed all standards of care and that the artist’s death was caused not by Xanax, but by his inhalation of difluoroethane from canisters.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 9 June 2026
This portable option uses the same isobutane canisters recommended for high-efficiency backpacking stoves to keep a small camp free from pests.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
The waste will first be sealed inside corrosion-resistant copper canisters before being lowered into disposal holes drilled directly into the bedrock.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
The protest began hours after New Jersey State Police cleared the area Friday night, when protesters threw gas canisters and fireworks at officers escorting vehicles carrying employees out of the ICE facility.
—Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Palm-sized plastic canisters of the product are lined up in neat rows on the counter.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 20 May 2026
The next day she is shipped off to her first job, also within the confines of this impossibly vast building, which involves shoving film canisters down a pneumatic tube.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Donation canisters have been placed at participating stores around town with the locations posted on the Ramona Chamber’s Facebook page.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
In the filing, attorneys maintained that the clinic followed all standards of care and that the artist’s death was caused not by Xanax, but by his inhalation of difluoroethane from canisters.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canisters
Noun
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The world’s oil stockpiles have fallen – sharply – by 190 million barrels over the past several months.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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Four years later, a group of barrels were shipped to Barbados to the Stade’s West Indies Rum Distillery to mature before being returned to France in 2024 for bottling.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
Noun
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The three infused olive oils -- Garlic, Spicy Red Pepper and Green Goddess -- are packaged in tins, made with only real ingredients to elevate any dish.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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Henry is a must-visit for small-batch wines and tins of briny fish.—
Tanya Edwards,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 June 2026
Noun
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The boat was later found to contain 61 empty and partially empty booze bottles and cans, after FWC officers pulled the boat from the bay a day after the crash.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
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Empty cans, crushed cups, paper plates, napkins, food containers, wristbands, bottles and strips of orange-and-blue confetti covered crosswalks and curb lanes.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
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“Canisters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canisters. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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