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Recent Examples of tin can
An anti-de Sitter universe has a boundary, often illustrated to resemble a tin can.
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Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
The trailer bakes like a tin can in the heat.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Living in space isn't just about floating about in a windowless tin can.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Each camp consists of a large tented living room, individual tents with queen-size beds, and a bathroom with a tin can hot-water shower and drop toilet (there’s no electricity, plumbing, or Wi-Fi).
—Hanya Yanagihara, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2016
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Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
The trailer bakes like a tin can in the heat.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Living in space isn't just about floating about in a windowless tin can.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Each camp consists of a large tented living room, individual tents with queen-size beds, and a bathroom with a tin can hot-water shower and drop toilet (there’s no electricity, plumbing, or Wi-Fi).
—Hanya Yanagihara, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin can
Noun
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Lang and a handful of associates then carried the roasted pig, wrapped in tin foil, down York Ave.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Fortunately, that something can be as easy as spicing it with ginger, perfuming it with florals or smoke, or easier still and our favorite version, adding a grapefruit peel to the shaker tin before shaking on ice.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Also a member of local band Elemental Sparks, Luca first played drums in fourth grade.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Presented annually by the West Suburban Irish Association, the parade celebrates Irish heritage with performances from traditional Irish dance schools and bagpipe and drum bands and dozens of floats, cars and marchers in between, parade chair Rich Janor said.—
Annie Alleman,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Students at a Queens junior high school narrowly avoided being dosed by pepper-spray after a canister of the nonlethal weapon was accidentally discharged during a fight in the school’s cafeteria Monday, cops said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2026
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But as Israel closed checkpoints to the movement of people and goods on Saturday, gas stations saw longer-than-usual lines as residents filled spare canisters in case of supply disruptions.—
CLAUDIA CIOBANU,
Arkansas Online,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Tin can.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin%20can. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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