canisters

variants also cannisters
plural of canister
as in tins
a metal container in the shape of a cylinder she put the store-bought cookies in a fancy canister to make them look homemade

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Recent Examples of canisters 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 Finally, the South Korean military will be able to get the canisters in their hands by the next year. Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2024 The smoke canisters had completed the development phase way back in 2020. Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2024 The Slave 2 Nothing campaign will continue throughout October and includes canisters for donations in In-N-Out restaurants. Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 14 Oct. 2024 Oil canisters dangle from the ceiling; they are printed with maps of countries involved, as victim or perpetrator, in the oil-colonialism industrial complex, like Iran and Nigeria. Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024 Outside, Tim McCoy, 72, filled a supply of gas canisters. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024 If inhaled directly, the drug can cause frostbite, given the pressurized canisters they are dispensed from can reach temperatures as cold as negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Katixa Espinoza, Them, 10 Oct. 2024 Quintero hid for two hours in a closet, listening to gunshots and what sounded like bombs — possibly grenades or tear-gas canisters. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024

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“Canisters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canisters. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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