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canister

[kan-uh-ster] / ˈkæn ə stər /






NOUN
pail
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At one training company visited by AFP, humans holding what looked like PlayStation controllers repeated a single task -- folding clothes, moving blocks, spraying a canister -- as humanoid partners mirrored their actions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

An empty steel canister sat on a cleared drill pad, waiting to go down a second hole this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

While trying to use his bear spray canister, he sustained “significant but not life-threatening injuries to his chest and left arm,” according to officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Any gases the probe encountered were vacuumed in and collected, then sealed in a canister.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

“Help yourself,” Judy says, but the rice in Judy’s canister is brown.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

He also said volunteers are increasingly finding larger canisters rather than the smaller silver versions that were once more common.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Prosecutors say Diaz was seen leaving and returning to the warehouse with two gas canisters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Mazaar's small motorbike is so laden with plastic canisters filled with petrol that there's barely room for him to sit.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Above ground, the spent nuclear fuel will be encapsulated in highly corrosion-resistent copper canisters.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

Helping them put up my shelter, I anchored it to some discarded oxygen canisters wedged beneath the largest rocks I could lift, then dove inside to wait for my teammates and warm my icy hands.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer


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