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Recent Examples of canister
Once you’re done cleaning, this nifty vacuum empties debris into its base, and that means no fiddling with a bag or canister after every use.
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Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
This stainless steel coffee canister has a tight metal seal that’ll keep your beans fresh.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
Federal agents responded with chemical crowd control munitions, including tear gas canisters and less-lethal guns that sprayed pepper balls.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Alejandra's arms are full of fuel canisters.
—Teri Schultz, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
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Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
This stainless steel coffee canister has a tight metal seal that’ll keep your beans fresh.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
Federal agents responded with chemical crowd control munitions, including tear gas canisters and less-lethal guns that sprayed pepper balls.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
Alejandra's arms are full of fuel canisters.
—Teri Schultz, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for canister
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canister
Noun
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Barely caring that the fake-tin ceiling was peeling off in one corner and had to be shoved back up once or twice a week with a broomstick.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Another was a black Chihuahua in a caviar tin.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Price contends the Jameson portion of the USGS report is outdate and inaccurate, pointing to a much more recent 2025 third-party review from Sproule ERCE energy consultants that estimates the Jameson basin could hold 9 billion net barrels of recoverable crude oil.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Orange construction barrels are seemingly everywhere.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Rice and liquid sanitizer were stored in the same five-gallon bucket.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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Inmates slept one to a cell and urinated in buckets.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Canister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canister. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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