flask

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Recent Examples of flask Nolan, by reputation, is a solemn figure—a no-nonsense puzzle-box auteur in a crisp waistcoat, a flask of tea tucked into his jacket pocket. Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026 My bolder friend preferred the Sazerac Cocoa, a heady mix of Pernod absinthe, Bourbon, and white chocolate liqueur served in a silver flask. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2026 Log Cabin maple syrup was packaged in a special Bicentennial flask. Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 Professor Wallace’s team has slashed the need for fossil-fuel hydrogen in chemical manufacturing by developing a clever, single-flask method powered by waste bread. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flask
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flask
Noun
  • Trust her to direct you to the right bottle on her concise, personal list, or to pour you a glass of something exciting from a nightly-changing selection.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • An amazing summer essential and handbag must-have, this refreshing body mist smells like sunshine in a bottle.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • Messi beat Balenziaga twice, as well as three other Athletic players, during a crazy dribble that belonged in a school playground, not a cup final.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • The existing Illy Art Collection of cups and mugs, by his account, is the largest of its kind in the world.
    Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • Participants can take part in the town’s stein hoisting contest to see who can hold a full tankard of beer the longest.
    Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Mockrin references the tankard by painting the Sabine women in a color palette mimicking marble statuary or ivory carvings.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For another, just ask any of the smiling stein-cradling kellnerinnen inside the 2,500-seat Hippodrom tent.
    David Dickstein, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
  • Competitions are planned ranging from a strawberry costume contest to pie eating and beer stein-holding.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • The popcorn pail, topped with a replica of the giant sandworms of planet Arrakis, made customers reach their hands through the sandworm's teeth to dish out popcorn from inside.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Chekhov learned later that soldiers with pails always appeared at this time in the morning, fetching water for the officers.
    Vasily Grossman, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Travel may be getting more expensive, but that isn’t stopping Americans from splurging on bucket-list vacations.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
  • There is no fresh food, either, or access to adequate medicine, or clean water; the water that runs from the spigot and into the girl’s waiting bucket is cloudy and contaminated.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • Take the plant from its pot and cut away any dead or damaged roots, then repot the plant in fresh soil.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 July 2026
  • Pruning shears, trowels, shovels, pots, and planters can spread diseases and pests if they are not cleaned after using them around an infected plant.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • And a pig like me would have picked Bing’s face up off the dirt, rinsed it in cold water from his canteen, and felt the skin flex in the palm of his hand.
    Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Conceived as a space station atrium, the canteen-like room features the original cabinetry and island, though its formerly bright yellow accents are now a cool silver, and the holographic flooring has been switched out for biodegradable linoleum.
    Alyssa Bird, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2026

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“Flask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flask. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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