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Recent Examples of tin can
Living in space isn't just about floating about in a windowless tin can.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Dispose of tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots, or similar water-holding containers.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
By comparison, the soft top soaks up some of the road noise without turning the interior into a resonating tin can.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2025
Ross Barkan: Turning thirty, hiding from the pandemic, eating black beans out of tin cans.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Dispose of tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots, or similar water-holding containers.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
By comparison, the soft top soaks up some of the road noise without turning the interior into a resonating tin can.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2025
Ross Barkan: Turning thirty, hiding from the pandemic, eating black beans out of tin cans.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin can
Noun
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Consider fashioning a tin foil hat for your mobile phone.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
2 Jan. 2026
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At this old-school SoHo institution, the white tablecloths, pressed tin ceilings, and $58 steak au poivre belie a long history of button-pushing and rule-flouting.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Dec. 2025
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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Video of the incident showed Bovino throwing a gas canister at demonstrators in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood without giving a verbal warning -- a violation of the judge's earlier temporary restraining order limiting the use of force, the judge said.—
James Hill,
ABC News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Instead, vacuum them up and empty the canister into the trash and dispose of it.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Tin can.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin%20can. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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