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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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Happy whales strapped with barrels of coins, supernatural serpentine disco queens.Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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In the thick atmosphere, stray dogs fight with seabirds for scraps of offal and urinate against the barrels of blood and salt water where waiting fish float.Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2024
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That’s currently the single-season record for the most Jokic buckets any teammate has assisted in his career.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2024
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Cinemark also sold Wicked popcorn tins and a Sonic the Hedgehog 3 popcorn bucket.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Canister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canister. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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