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Recent Examples of canisters
The other holds 50 canisters that are stacked horizontally.
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
Upgrade your countertops with a few storage essentials, like ingredient canisters and fruit bowls, that help house your produce without being an eyesore (or having your apples loose on the stone surface).
—Jordan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 22 Dec. 2025
Once cooled, the mixture solidifies into glass logs that are sealed inside stainless-steel canisters designed to hold for thousands of years.
—New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
Unlike a lot of the manual coffee canisters that have seals that perpetually fail, the electric vacuum keeps this air-tight always.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
This follows a contract award with a total value of $738 million for Mk 41 VLS missile launching canisters last July.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
Police launched 40 mm projectiles and chemical munitions — spent canisters marked Triple-Chaser OC were visible on Payne Avenue afterward.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 25 Nov. 2025
Corrosion-resistant canisters — each 16 feet long, 15 inches in diameter and weighing 6,000 pounds — containing nuclear waste are forced down into the horizontal sections, stacked side-by-side and stored, conceivably, for thousands of years.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
There are real canisters of 35-mm film that must be fed, expertly, into the reel-to-reel projector.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Nov. 2025
Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
Upgrade your countertops with a few storage essentials, like ingredient canisters and fruit bowls, that help house your produce without being an eyesore (or having your apples loose on the stone surface).
—Jordan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 22 Dec. 2025
Once cooled, the mixture solidifies into glass logs that are sealed inside stainless-steel canisters designed to hold for thousands of years.
—New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
Unlike a lot of the manual coffee canisters that have seals that perpetually fail, the electric vacuum keeps this air-tight always.
—Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
This follows a contract award with a total value of $738 million for Mk 41 VLS missile launching canisters last July.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
Police launched 40 mm projectiles and chemical munitions — spent canisters marked Triple-Chaser OC were visible on Payne Avenue afterward.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 25 Nov. 2025
Corrosion-resistant canisters — each 16 feet long, 15 inches in diameter and weighing 6,000 pounds — containing nuclear waste are forced down into the horizontal sections, stacked side-by-side and stored, conceivably, for thousands of years.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
There are real canisters of 35-mm film that must be fed, expertly, into the reel-to-reel projector.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canisters
Noun
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According to Sotheby’s, many of the bottles are private labels, single barrels, and vintage expressions, some of which are making their auction debut.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
8 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, in the last three months, Maduro’s government exported an average of 35,000 barrels a day to Cuba, approximately a quarter of the island’s total demand, according to Piñón.—
María Verza,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Round out your gift by pairing the tins with a cute ceramic holder.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 Nov. 2025
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On the sweet side — wrapped bundt cakes, tins filled with dainty cookies as well as brownies, tarts, pies and beverages.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Use two cans of beans—cannellini are recommended, but any other mild variety, such as kidney, pinto, or navy, will work well.—
Riley Wofford,
Martha Stewart,
9 Jan. 2026
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There is loud chanting, flags and people banging on cans.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Canisters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canisters. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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