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Any one of them could hold 48,000 bananas or 24,000 tin cans or maybe 12,000 shoe boxes.
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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
The sheet that had been covering me was sopping wet and smelled strangely of my body, tin cans, and cayenne pepper.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
The tin can easily be reused to store small items like a sewing kit, small toys, or Christmas cards.
—Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2022
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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
The sheet that had been covering me was sopping wet and smelled strangely of my body, tin cans, and cayenne pepper.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
The tin can easily be reused to store small items like a sewing kit, small toys, or Christmas cards.
—Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tin can
Noun
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Dorothy showed the little emerald stone to her lion and tin man.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Once the muffin tin eggs are cooked and cooled, they can be eaten immediately or stored in the refrigerator or freezer.Sarah Scott, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Larson believed the contraption would flag false answers via distinct fluctuations etched by a stylus onto a revolving drum of paper.Susan Saulny, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Alex was initially drawn to the electric guitar, and Eddie to the drums.Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Propane from a small canister in another storage compartment hangs on the front of the trailer (above the twin on-board batteries that charge from the vehicle).New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
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No party-store helium canister will do for these towering balloons, which often measure several stories high.Timo Elliott, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Tin can.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin%20can. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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