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Recent Examples of tin
Brick walls, tin ceilings, detailed columns Once completed, in 16 to 18 months, the building is to house 121 luxury apartments incorporating the building’s character, with various apartments to have interior brick walls, tin ceilings or columns with ornate cornices.
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
In the middle of a field of gravel, not far from the heart of downtown, Canton’s town hall sits inside a tin, triple-wide trailer.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
The restaurants are ginned-up to look and feel like a country store—old tin signs and license plates, sepia-toned pictures, rocking chairs, and all the rest.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Covering metals like nickel, tin, gold as well as certain chemical compounds, the exemptions were given to countries that have established trade agreement frameworks with the United States over the course of recent weeks.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
In the middle of a field of gravel, not far from the heart of downtown, Canton’s town hall sits inside a tin, triple-wide trailer.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
The restaurants are ginned-up to look and feel like a country store—old tin signs and license plates, sepia-toned pictures, rocking chairs, and all the rest.
—Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Covering metals like nickel, tin, gold as well as certain chemical compounds, the exemptions were given to countries that have established trade agreement frameworks with the United States over the course of recent weeks.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin
Noun
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The late, great super fan Tim McKernan must be rolling over in his barrel.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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Every September and December, Broadbelt would stuff barrels with care packages, gifts and school supplies to send back to Jamaica.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Those production chops help explain the track’s slick, glossy pop sheen, anchored by tactile drum sounds and a prominent bassline.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Other shoppers perused a display of traditional sake casks or purchased T-shirts celebrating neighborhood artisans—paper-makers; a bakery specializing in melonpan, a crispy sweet bun—as drum-and-flute music from Asakusa’s annual festival played over the sound system.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Tin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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