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Recent Examples of tin can
Prohibition didn’t stop the brand from smuggling its whiskey into American speakeasies in tin cans, nor did a limited marketing budget keep the company from taking advantage of the Olympic zeitgeist.
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Lilian Raji, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The impact of the wreck crumpled the front of Lochte’s truck like a tin can, photos show.
—Adam Carlson, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
Any one of them could hold 48,000 bananas or 24,000 tin cans or maybe 12,000 shoe boxes.
—Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
Length: 16 hours, 7 minutes Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
For those trapped in a tin can for just over 16 hours, channel your inner-Major Tom with Andy Weir’s space drama, Project Hail Mary.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 21 June 2024
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Lilian Raji, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The impact of the wreck crumpled the front of Lochte’s truck like a tin can, photos show.
—Adam Carlson, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
Any one of them could hold 48,000 bananas or 24,000 tin cans or maybe 12,000 shoe boxes.
—Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
Length: 16 hours, 7 minutes Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
For those trapped in a tin can for just over 16 hours, channel your inner-Major Tom with Andy Weir’s space drama, Project Hail Mary.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 21 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin can
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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
Noun
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Add the wool wash to the washer drum, use cold water, and wash on the gentle, delicate, or wool cycle.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
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There’s just something hot about a man, woman, or they/them who can pound the drums with precision and skill and provide a constant, stable, rhythmic beat for their fellow band members’ somewhat more theatrical, look-at-me musical skills.Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2024
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And when it’s placed back onto the base, the debris canister is auto-emptied into the base container.Lisa Wood Shapiro, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024
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The canister measures 28 in long by 13 in high (70 x 34 cm) and features a long, thin cutout in the middle that serves as both a mounting point and a grab handle.New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Tin can.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin%20can. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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