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can

[kan, kuhn] / kæn, kən /




VERB
preserve fruit, vegetable
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK




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"If you can understand the differences, you can target future therapies based on how cancer cells and normal cells work differently," he said.

From Science Daily

If upheld, this order could apply to “tens of thousands of children born every month, “ they said, “devastating families around the country.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I want it to be a light in people’s lives. Something they can just put on, tune out the world and have a good time.”

From Los Angeles Times

“A View From the Bridge,” a play whose revenge plot hinges on a tip to immigration authorities, could hardly be more timely.

From Los Angeles Times

“In this irony of ironies, when we could all be reunited in our homeland for the first time in 44 years, I wasn’t invited.”

From Los Angeles Times