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Recent Examples of canisters
Half-face respirators — often gray rubber with pink canisters — offer different filters for different gases, but none can filter all of the concerning gases in wildfire smoke.
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Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
There was a phone book, camera film canisters, metal pins, the tattered remains of a baseball cap and an orange t-shirt with the outline of a giant thumbs up.
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Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
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
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
There was a phone book, camera film canisters, metal pins, the tattered remains of a baseball cap and an orange t-shirt with the outline of a giant thumbs up.
—
Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
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.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canisters
Noun
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Chinese imports of crude from Iran more than halved in June to about 654,000 barrels a day compared with the prior month, Bloomberg reported.
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Iraq wants permission to produce a record 5 million barrels a day coming out of the war, with a long-term aim of getting production up to 7 million barrels a day, Bloomberg reported.
Noun
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Cylindrical tins are also handy for storing snacks like chips, nuts, or popcorn.
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Large cans of jalapeños and taco sauce, tins of jumbo squid, sacks filled with varying flour types, jars of grape leaves, curry paste, pickled ginger, Japanese mayo, lychee in syrup, Mediterranean chocolate candies and a wide variety of ramen noodle packets were among the items on the shelves.
Noun
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Photos released by state police showed the tractor-trailer lying on its side, with cans of Michelob Ultra and Bud Light strewn across the roadway.
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The fact that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)—chemicals once common in aerosol cans and refrigerant loops—could destroy ozone in the atmosphere was discovered in 1974.
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“Canisters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canisters. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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