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Recent Examples of tin can
With apologies to the late David Bowie, 286 long days spent sitting in a tin can, far above the world.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
For his characters, trapped in a flying tin can hurtling through space, life is far from communal — despite the fact that they’re expected to build a new colony together.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
Speaking of those tin cans, what do the pressurization tanks smell like after housing four men for weeks at a time?
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
For one thing, tin can splash back onto the main mirror of the machine, which would reduce its ability to funnel light to wafers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2013
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
For his characters, trapped in a flying tin can hurtling through space, life is far from communal — despite the fact that they’re expected to build a new colony together.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
Speaking of those tin cans, what do the pressurization tanks smell like after housing four men for weeks at a time?
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
For one thing, tin can splash back onto the main mirror of the machine, which would reduce its ability to funnel light to wafers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 July 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin can
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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After years of doing educational drum clinics at music stores and colleges, Schulman realized that music helps people remember stories and lessons.—
Heather Wishart-Smith,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Complimentary activities range from morning stretching with a sea breeze to late-afternoon volleyball in the sand to learning about local culture through a Boduberu drum session.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The concrete canisters the waste is stored in can withstand a locomotive hitting them at 20 mph.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Put a prescription label showing the child’s name on both the box and the canister itself.—
Rhonda Conner-Warren,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Tin can.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin%20can. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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