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Recent Examples of tin
Whether stowed in a recipe tin, pasted in a book, or safely tucked away in a memory, family recipes are part of what makes cooking so special.
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
Fabian is working with authorities Put on your tin foil hat because here’s a doozy.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
The Walikale area is home to the largest tin deposits in Congo and to several significant gold mines.
—Jean-Yves Kamale and Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Further out, the city gives way to busy markets and, further still, tin shanks and clinker board houses built on jagged volcanic rock.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
Fabian is working with authorities Put on your tin foil hat because here’s a doozy.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
The Walikale area is home to the largest tin deposits in Congo and to several significant gold mines.
—Jean-Yves Kamale and Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Further out, the city gives way to busy markets and, further still, tin shanks and clinker board houses built on jagged volcanic rock.
—Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin
Noun
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As if things weren’t complicated enough, they are forced to work together when a hurricane barrels toward the hospital, which then goes into lockdown.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The San Francisco-area plant that Valero plans to shut by April 2026 can process 145,000 barrels of oil a day.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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After the vinegar cycle completes, sprinkle ½ cup of baking soda directly into the drum.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2025
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This heritage is also deeply rooted in Puerto Rican cuisine, where the same African legacy that echoes in the drums of Loíza can be tasted in the island’s kitchens.—
Melissa Rose Cooper,
Essence,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Tin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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