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as in to stop
slang
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
can the chatter, or I'm kicking you out of this library
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2
as in to remove
to let go from office, service, or employment
the cashier was summarily canned for stealing from the registers
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as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
the racketeers were rounded up and thrown in the can
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as in restroom
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
I excused myself and asked if I could use the can
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as in seat
the part of the body upon which someone sits
he fell on the ice and landed on his can
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Recent Examples of can
Will Stone, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Don’t forget to take out the trash and replace cans with fresh bags.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Dec. 2024
But no Behr publicity around its environmental tweaks to its cans or its paint mentions specific color names at all.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2024
Avec Spiced Mango and Passionfruit Avec Spiced Mango and Passionfruit is like a tropical vacation in a can.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Cut back on foods that come in plastic packaging or cans (which have plastic linings).
—Will Stone, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Don’t forget to take out the trash and replace cans with fresh bags.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Dec. 2024
But no Behr publicity around its environmental tweaks to its cans or its paint mentions specific color names at all.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2024
Avec Spiced Mango and Passionfruit Avec Spiced Mango and Passionfruit is like a tropical vacation in a can.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Of course, that doesn’t stop Jimmy from seeking out Wally (Kimberly Condict) — a woman who found a neighbor’s dog and decided to keep him — and forcing her to return Bandit to his rightful owner.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Dec. 2024
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That didn’t stop him from falling in love with the craft after his first glimpse of live magic on a cruise at age 13.Justin Birnbaum, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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The cover is sturdy and hardly noticeable, so the cleaning staff will likely not remove it.Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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Drain, rinse and dry chickpeas, using a paper towel to remove excess water.Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
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Happy whales strapped with barrels of coins, supernatural serpentine disco queens.Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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In the thick atmosphere, stray dogs fight with seabirds for scraps of offal and urinate against the barrels of blood and salt water where waiting fish float.Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2024
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Another major focus of the trial was Allen's multiple confessions in jail and his mental health at the time.Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Also, jail doesn’t mean that the taxes are forgiven.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
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Circling the field is a track, and adjacent to that will be the multiuse court on one side and a multipurpose room with restrooms, showers and locker areas on the other side.Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
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Several transgender women, including GLM founder Raquel Willis, entered the women’s restroom near the Speaker’s office.Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
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The Rain Forest portion of the spa features heated seats, a chilled room for cryotherapy, and an outdoor portion with swings, day beds, and a hot tub.Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, on the Senate floor, outgoing members who were either retiring or had lost their seats gave farewell speeches.Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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Here are some other services that will cease until a shutdown would end: Duties carried out by the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP) to review an invetigate reports of misconduct or poor performance.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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If no bill is passed, any government operations deemed nonessential will cease and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will see their work disrupted.Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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The family of another employee, Johnny Peterson, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the company and its owner, Gerald O’Connor, who said the workers were dismissed with enough time to escape.Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Shostak dismisses the idea that people would panic, given that most Americans believe that aliens exist.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Can.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/can. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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