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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

Machin said the scale of the latest canister find was far beyond what volunteers normally collect during a session, which is between three and 12 on average.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

It was rescued and saved by Rick Flagan, a professor of chemical engineering and environmental science, who found it in a tin film canister in a Caltech closet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

One indelible image of Metro Surge was of Bovino, emerging from an SUV into a wintry melee, like a general stepping onto a battlefield, and launching a canister that released green smoke at protesters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

“We’re safe for now,” I say, sliding the water canister from my backpack.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Large black canisters sat nearby on the road, the images showed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

He even brought several of the family's goats which I can now see nibbling at scraps nearby, foraging amidst the discarded canisters of cooking gas and empty plastic bottles.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The main long-term risks are corrosion of the copper canisters or earthquakes during future ice ages, which could potentially damage the capsules and cause radioactive fuel to leak, Kyllonen said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

Then Breashears offered his expedition’s supply of oxygen—fifty canisters that had been laboriously carried to 26,000 feet—to the ailing climbers and would-be rescuers on the Col.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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