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Recent Examples of canisters
This portable option uses the same isobutane canisters recommended for high-efficiency backpacking stoves to keep a small camp free from pests.
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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
The canisters can roll along the ground, and the chemicals drift through the air.
—Lisa Song, ProPublica, 7 May 2026
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
The canisters can roll along the ground, and the chemicals drift through the air.
—Lisa Song, ProPublica, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canisters
Noun
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The point of using different types of corn in the mashbill is to explore how less common varietals affect the flavor of the whiskey, which if taken to another conceptual level should influence how the wood will affect another spirit aged in the barrels.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
11 June 2026
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China’s oil imports have fallen by almost 5 million barrels a day — equivalent to roughly 5% of global supply — since the start of the Iran war, helping tame already high crude prices.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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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
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Stored in aluminum foil tins with clear plastic lids in the cooler, the sandwiches deliver a ton of flavor in bitty, two-bite stacks.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
7 June 2026
Noun
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Good old Michelob beer sold in red, white, and blue cans poured from the concessions; helicopters choppered overhead for a flyover and movie stars got face time.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Srebnick, Pino’s lead attorney, and his team contend the bottles and cans also came from other boats that were at the sandbar, not just their client’s vessel.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2026
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“Canisters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canisters. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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