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Recent Examples of canister
On Monday, police fired tear gas canisters at demonstrators to stop them from entering the capital.
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Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
Edison officials say more than 80 percent of the canisters at SONGS could be taken off-site now if a permanent or interim storage facility existed and 100 percent of canisters will be ready to be shipped by 2030.
—Rob Nikolewski, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Outside, Tim McCoy, 72, filled a supply of gas canisters.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Up front, a slide-out single-burner gas or induction cooker and bowl sink plumbed to fresh and waste water canisters in the lower cabinets fill out the kitchen.
—New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2024
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Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
Edison officials say more than 80 percent of the canisters at SONGS could be taken off-site now if a permanent or interim storage facility existed and 100 percent of canisters will be ready to be shipped by 2030.
—Rob Nikolewski, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Outside, Tim McCoy, 72, filled a supply of gas canisters.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Up front, a slide-out single-burner gas or induction cooker and bowl sink plumbed to fresh and waste water canisters in the lower cabinets fill out the kitchen.
—New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canister
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The best Christmas cookie tins are filled with colorful sugar cookies, sprinkled gingerbread, linzers, spritzes, shortbread or sables, crinkles or crackles, even wedding cookies or special chocolate chip cookies — because why not?Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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This year, the golden tins included a dozen seasonal cookies made by chefs at the Driskill, Hyatt Centric, Thompson Austin and Hyatt Regency.Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
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Conversely, a four-seam fastball and/or changeup could help Holmes avoid barrels against lefties.Will Sammon, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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The 88-mile Uinta Basin Railway would connect Utah oil fields to the national rail network, enabling up to 350,000 barrels of crude oil per day to travel on trains as long as two miles.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Bringing confidence early, Ball drove for consecutive buckets at the rim and nailed his third 3-pointer of the game off an assist from Karaban in transition.Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2024
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Payton leaked out for a pair of buckets then Hield sank his third triple of the game on a sneaky inbounds pass up the court off a dead ball.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Canister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canister. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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