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Recent Examples of canister
These vaults have vents to ensure air flows past the canisters to continue cooling them.
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Gerald Frankel, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
Add pops of other colors through rugs, flowers, and canisters.
35 of 44
Give Your Vanity a Mini-Makeover
Instead of redoing your entire bathroom, give your vanity a light refresh.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Months later, Bryar’s autopsy raised a possible contributing factor in his death — three canisters of nitrous oxide found next to his corpse, with tubing for inhalation still attached.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The suspect was carrying eight pepper spray canisters and two smoke cannisters.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025
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Gerald Frankel, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
Add pops of other colors through rugs, flowers, and canisters.
35 of 44
Give Your Vanity a Mini-Makeover
Instead of redoing your entire bathroom, give your vanity a light refresh.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Months later, Bryar’s autopsy raised a possible contributing factor in his death — three canisters of nitrous oxide found next to his corpse, with tubing for inhalation still attached.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The suspect was carrying eight pepper spray canisters and two smoke cannisters.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canister
Noun
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Found money on some Altoid tins hidden inside the file cabinet.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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To make four muffins, mix together: 4 eggs 1/4 cup of milk Vegetables of your choice for extra fiber Pour into a muffin tin and cook in the oven.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
21 May 2025
Noun
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This 15% alcohol wine ages 12 months in large wooden barrels and seven months in bottles.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Like Balcones, the whiskey was aged in two different locations: half in Bardstown, half back in Blanco, all of it in full-size 53-gallon barrels.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
Noun
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At Deep Spring Farm in Alachua, Florida, visitors can fill their buckets with organic blueberries before settling in for a picnic beneath the shade of a giant live oak.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
1 June 2025
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Different fragments of the bucket were uncovered in past excavations, but this latest discovery gave researchers more to study.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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“Canister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canister. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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