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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 another video, Twiggs appears to be seen wearing a yellow hat with ears opening a cookie tin.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Real-world tests The scientists tested THOR AI on several challenging copper, argon, and tin cases.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Those production chops help explain the track’s slick, glossy pop sheen, anchored by tactile drum sounds and a prominent bassline.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Other shoppers perused a display of traditional sake casks or purchased T-shirts celebrating neighborhood artisans—paper-makers; a bakery specializing in melonpan, a crispy sweet bun—as drum-and-flute music from Asakusa’s annual festival played over the sound system.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
15 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 21 Sep. 2025.
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