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Recent Examples of tin
This Connect 4 set fits inside an Altoid tin.
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Zoe Gates, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
The workers would eat their bento box lunches in metal tins full of rice and leftover meat.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
There will be a Mexican tin art workshop, a spinning and weaving demonstration, storytelling, and display panels telling the stories of Juana Briones and the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Mind you, the entire infantry kit in those days didn't go far beyond a rifle, bayonet, canteen, mess tins, and an entrenching tool balanced with the odd hand grenade.
—New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
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Zoe Gates, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
The workers would eat their bento box lunches in metal tins full of rice and leftover meat.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
There will be a Mexican tin art workshop, a spinning and weaving demonstration, storytelling, and display panels telling the stories of Juana Briones and the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Mind you, the entire infantry kit in those days didn't go far beyond a rifle, bayonet, canteen, mess tins, and an entrenching tool balanced with the odd hand grenade.
—New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin
Noun
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The cartel members agreed to raise their December production target by 137,000 barrels per day, matching the hike for October and November.—
Lee Ying Shan,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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Each bottle provides details including the proof, age, warehouse location, lot number, serial number, and barrel number.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Use your regular laundry detergent in the drum or automatic dispenser.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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With a few simple directions from Lightfoot, the tape started rolling, band members began playing, and out came a haunting, unrelenting sound that evoked the sensation of a roiling sea, complete with an opening drum fill that struck like a thunderclap.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But with the Total Portfolio Approach, CalPERS managers across assets will work together to determine which bucket should receive more of the fund’s money to produce better returns.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Miami’s energetic style of scoring buckets this season has proven infectious, evidenced by its seven double-digit scorers.—
James Jackson,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Tin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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