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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.
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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.
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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.
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Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
Palm-sized plastic canisters of the product are lined up in neat rows on the counter.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Fast or gradual, the IEA expects the production ramp-up will generate a global oil surplus of about 5 million barrels of supply per day next year.
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The combination covered a significant amount of the net market loss, as much as 75% of the barrels that the Gulf exporters couldn’t supply.
Noun
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Vines have grown through the fence and barbed wire surrounding a tall art deco building in this city’s downtown, and cigarette holders and empty food tins litter the tall weeds.
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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.
Noun
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For me, those staples include homemade bolognese, soup, stock, and sourdough in the freezer; pasta, rice, and a few cans of black beans and chickpeas in the pantry; and bouillon, lemons, dijon mustard, cheese, and of course, pickled red onions in the fridge.
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Public concern has been stoked in Greece by online videos posted by Greek fishing crews, showing the fish sinking their teeth into soda cans or pieces of wood.
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“Canisters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canisters. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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