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can

Definition for can

noun as in container, usually metallic

Strongest matches

bottle, bucket, canister, jar, package

Weak matches

gutbucket, pop top

noun as in (vulgar) toilet

noun as in (vulgar) buttocks

verb as in preserve fruit, vegetable

Strongest match

keep

Strong match

bottle

Weak match

put up

verb as in fire from job

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Example Sentences

"Online gaming often gets a bad reputation, but our study reveals a different story. We found that gaming can actually help people develop valuable workplace skills," reports Shirmohammadi.

Giving vitamin C through an IV produces very high levels in the blood, which cannot be achieved with oral delivery.

Next, Medvedev said his theory can be tested with collection of more data from the Crab Pulsar and fine-tuned by factoring in its powerful and strange gravitational and polarization effects.

The authors stress the importance of protecting and maintaining natural carbon sinks while accepting that doing so cannot compensate for ongoing fossil fuel use.

Epigenetic markers, on the other hand, are more dynamic: environmental factors, our eating habits and the condition of our body -- such as obesity -- can change them over the course of the lifetime.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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