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Recent Examples of tin
Wire baskets are effective for organizing food storage products in your pantry such as plastic storage bags, tin foil, and parchment paper.
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Jordan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 22 Dec. 2025
Stockings filled with dog or human hair, windchimes, pie tins, or old CDs held aloft on a string, and fishing line installed around garden perimeters are also used to repel deer and rabbits.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2025
Although frequently found in Christmas cookie tins, rugelach originates with the Jewish community of Poland.
—Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
Life is like a tin of sardines – all of us are looking for the key.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2025
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Jordan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 22 Dec. 2025
Stockings filled with dog or human hair, windchimes, pie tins, or old CDs held aloft on a string, and fishing line installed around garden perimeters are also used to repel deer and rabbits.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2025
Although frequently found in Christmas cookie tins, rugelach originates with the Jewish community of Poland.
—Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
Life is like a tin of sardines – all of us are looking for the key.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin
Noun
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According to Sotheby’s, many of the bottles are private labels, single barrels, and vintage expressions, some of which are making their auction debut.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
8 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, in the last three months, Maduro’s government exported an average of 35,000 barrels a day to Cuba, approximately a quarter of the island’s total demand, according to Piñón.—
María Verza,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The pictures also show Madonna playing a drum while her children partied in the background, Stella and Estere giving the camera a moody look, Madonna and Akeem with their arms around each other, the three sisters striking a pose in a hallway and a family photo with Madonna and her five kids.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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Socks can easily become lodged behind the barrel of a top-load washer, in the gasket of a front-load washer, behind the dryer drum, or slip through the lint trap and end up in the dryer exhaust vent.—
Katie Cloyd,
Martha Stewart,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Wanaka Mountain Guides leads multi-day expeditions to the bucket-list summits of Mount Cook (New Zealand’s highest peak at 12,217 feet) and Mount Aspiring (a respectable 9,950-feet).—
Jen Murphy,
Outside,
7 Jan. 2026
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For mop and broom heads and scrub brushes, remove any debris before soaking them in a bucket of hot water, soap, and a disinfecting solution.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Tin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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