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Recent Examples of canister
These vaults have vents to ensure air flows past the canisters to continue cooling them.
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Gerald Frankel, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
Add pops of other colors through rugs, flowers, and canisters.
35 of 44
Give Your Vanity a Mini-Makeover
Instead of redoing your entire bathroom, give your vanity a light refresh.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Months later, Bryar’s autopsy raised a possible contributing factor in his death — three canisters of nitrous oxide found next to his corpse, with tubing for inhalation still attached.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The suspect was carrying eight pepper spray canisters and two smoke cannisters.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025
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Gerald Frankel, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
Add pops of other colors through rugs, flowers, and canisters.
35 of 44
Give Your Vanity a Mini-Makeover
Instead of redoing your entire bathroom, give your vanity a light refresh.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Months later, Bryar’s autopsy raised a possible contributing factor in his death — three canisters of nitrous oxide found next to his corpse, with tubing for inhalation still attached.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The suspect was carrying eight pepper spray canisters and two smoke cannisters.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canister
Noun
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This 10-piece set includes a half sheet, baking sheet, muffin tin, cooling rack, round cake pan and loaf pan.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
14 May 2025
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That includes the jars and tins used to package their product.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
12 May 2025
Noun
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On another morning Woods put a hollow red barrel on the drill and bored into the ice at a refrozen site to extract an ice core about as long and thick as his arm.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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The International Monetary Fund has estimated that oil must be at almost $100 a barrel for the kingdom to balance its funding of Vision 2030 economic transformation.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Starbucks says a protest of more than 1,200 of its employees is a drop in the bucket.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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And the common belief is that even after California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled plans last year to double the state’s cap for the film and TV tax incentive from $330 million to $750 million a year, this bucket will be quickly depleted.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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“Canister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canister. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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