Thesaurus results for TIN

tin

noun

ˈtin

Definition of tin

as in barrel

a metal container in the shape of a cylinder row upon row of tins containing food for an emergency that never happened

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Recent Examples of tin That privacy switch is either a great idea or blind trust, depending on how many layers of tin are in your foil hat. — Joe Salas july 26, New Atlas, 27 July 2026 Lime Juice Method For an on-the-rocks cocktail, combine all ingredients into a shaking tin. — John Kell, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Hagee also said a single THC vape cartridge or a small tin of gummies can often tip the scales into felony territory in Texas, even if the same product was legal where it was purchased. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026 Half the fun is peaking under the tin foil or crystal lid to see what goodies lie beneath. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tin

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Noun

Nasser said current trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz are at a tenth of pre-conflict levels, adding that the world will continue to lose more than 100 million barrels of crude for each week the passage is closed.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
East-West pipeline to the Red Sea, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, to maintain exports at a maximum capacity of 7 million barrels per day.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of barrel

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Readily available stem separators automatically split a complete song into vocals, instruments, bass, and drums, commenters noted.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
My own favorite album is Huntington Ashram Monastery—split equally between piano and harp, with the note-perfect complement of Ron Carter’s hypnotic double bass and Rashied Ali’s hypersensitive drums.

— Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of drum

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Some had come to stay by Staunton’s side throughout the week, and on the last day of camp, during the water fight, some of them chased her down and drenched her with the bucket of ice water.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Even though that’s a drop in the bucket for one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world, with $925 billion in assets under management, PIF had already been slashing costs at LIV Golf before ultimately pulling financial support.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026