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as in stops
slang
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
can the chatter, or I'm kicking you out of this library
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2
as in sacks
to let go from office, service, or employment
the cashier was summarily canned for stealing from the registers
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as in jails
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
the racketeers were rounded up and thrown in the can
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as in restrooms
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
I excused myself and asked if I could use the can
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as in seats
the part of the body upon which someone sits
he fell on the ice and landed on his can
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Recent Examples of cans
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
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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ABC News,
26 June 2026
Ensure cans are sealed and stored properly so the paint doesn’t go bad prematurely.
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Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 June 2026
These kinds of old negatives are often stored inside cans and are so fragile they can’t be unrolled without destroying them, Seales says.
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Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
26 June 2026
The boat was later found to contain 61 empty and partially empty booze bottles and cans, after FWC officers pulled the boat from the bay a day after the crash.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
Empty cans, crushed cups, paper plates, napkins, food containers, wristbands, bottles and strips of orange-and-blue confetti covered crosswalks and curb lanes.
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C.j. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
The Pepsi-tampering mystery was unraveling today as several claims of objects found in soda cans were pronounced hoaxes.
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Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
17 June 2026
The Tallerboy is a taller-than-a-tallboy canister that stores three regular Coors Light cans inside one oversized container.
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Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Verb
Continue reading … PEWS AND POLITICS — Church cans patriotic staple on Biden’s posh vacation enclave — pastor says tradition ‘doesn’t cut it’.
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FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
Noun
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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Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
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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ABC News,
26 June 2026
Ensure cans are sealed and stored properly so the paint doesn’t go bad prematurely.
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Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 June 2026
These kinds of old negatives are often stored inside cans and are so fragile they can’t be unrolled without destroying them, Seales says.
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Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
26 June 2026
The boat was later found to contain 61 empty and partially empty booze bottles and cans, after FWC officers pulled the boat from the bay a day after the crash.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
Empty cans, crushed cups, paper plates, napkins, food containers, wristbands, bottles and strips of orange-and-blue confetti covered crosswalks and curb lanes.
—
C.j. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
The Pepsi-tampering mystery was unraveling today as several claims of objects found in soda cans were pronounced hoaxes.
—
Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
17 June 2026
The Tallerboy is a taller-than-a-tallboy canister that stores three regular Coors Light cans inside one oversized container.
—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cans
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Burke won the Stanley Cup as Anaheim’s general manager in 2007, one of several front-office stops for him, along with time spent as the NHL’s director of hockey operations.
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The nose stops registering any single note and the room just smells busy.
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Manning, back for what is probably his final season, is on the short list of best returning quarterbacks in the country and edge rusher Colin Simmons won the SEC sacks title with 12.
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Riley Moss sacks a scrambling Trevor Lawrence on third-and-4 for a 1-yard loss.
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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.
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As medetomidine spreads across the country, jails that are still inadequately prepared to treat opioid withdrawal alone could face an onslaught of severe cases.
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During this time, the singer also had several brushes with the law, staying at various jails and reformatories.
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Folsom Cordova Unified School District Folsom Cordova Unified says all of its schools have accessible gender-neutral restrooms, in accordance with SB 760.
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In its audit, the Office of the Inspector General visited 32 restrooms across 14 stations (the subway system has 125 bathrooms in its 472 stations).
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Restless children, amped up on sugary drinks and chocolate bars, struggle to sit still in the theater’s red vinyl seats.
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The house was full every single night, with only 1,617 empty seats tallied across those five matches over the past two weeks.
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This pet bed deal is available until Prime Day ends on Friday, June 26.
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Denver International Airport’s A Line ends directly behind the hotel, after a roughly (okay, exactly) 37-minute airport transfer.
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Assembly Bill 46, carried by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, D-Elk Grove, removes a legal standard that restricted courts’ ability to deny diversion.
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Peeling removes some of the vegetable's nutritional content like dietary fiber, vitamin A, and vitamin C.
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“Cans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cans. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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