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as in to stop
slang
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
can the chatter, or I'm kicking you out of this library
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2
as in to remove
to let go from office, service, or employment
the cashier was summarily canned for stealing from the registers
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as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
the racketeers were rounded up and thrown in the can
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as in restroom
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
I excused myself and asked if I could use the can
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as in seat
the part of the body upon which someone sits
he fell on the ice and landed on his can
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Recent Examples of can
Josiah Neeley, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
Can openers pick up whatever type of grime is present on the tops of cans, which can range from relatively benign dust to more troubling things, like viruses or bacteria from droppings.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
As a traditional icebox, the Windchill 47 holds up to 65 cans (without ice) in its main compartment.
—New Atlas, 20 May 2025
The company’s new facility in Fort Worth’s Carter Park East business park is expected to produce up to 2,600 cans of product per minute.
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025
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Unlike aluminum cans, which can be melted down and reused an indefinite number of times, plastic degrades during the ordinary recycling process, limiting its usefulness.
—Josiah Neeley, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
Can openers pick up whatever type of grime is present on the tops of cans, which can range from relatively benign dust to more troubling things, like viruses or bacteria from droppings.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
As a traditional icebox, the Windchill 47 holds up to 65 cans (without ice) in its main compartment.
—New Atlas, 20 May 2025
The company’s new facility in Fort Worth’s Carter Park East business park is expected to produce up to 2,600 cans of product per minute.
—Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025
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Verb
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The chase reportedly ended when Buckley wrecked near the intersection of Watts and McAlister streets, an area of mostly forest about 1 1/2 miles southeast of where Buckley was first stopped.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2025
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It's been hard for any team to stop Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who was named the regular season MVP.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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To remove that barrier, managers can ensure their team receives basic AI literacy and capability training.—
Heide Abelli,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sent a licensed trapper to remove the injured alligator, officials said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025
Noun
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This 15% alcohol wine ages 12 months in large wooden barrels and seven months in bottles.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Like Balcones, the whiskey was aged in two different locations: half in Bardstown, half back in Blanco, all of it in full-size 53-gallon barrels.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
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In that case, a man incarcerated in a local jail filed a complaint with CLERB alleging that deputies damaged his personal property and mishandled legal documents during a cell search.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025
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Kerik, an Army veteran, rose to the pinnacle of law enforcement before a fall so steep that even a city jail named after him was renamed.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 May 2025
Noun
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The film is a banger top to bottom, but there are two sequences in particular — the restroom fight and the helicopter chase — that push the action to a level that’s absolutely out of this world.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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The waitress entered the restroom to check, and the man followed her, taking out a gun and choking her, deputies said.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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The approximately $65 million project will add up to 1,600 seats and feature 12 field-level suites, 44 loge boxes, 148 ledge seats and 882 club seats.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
31 May 2025
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In 2016, 23 Republicans won seats carried by Hillary Clinton and 12 Democrats won seats carried by Trump — a total of 35 crossover districts going into 2018.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
30 May 2025
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Yet, for some time now, there has been a third movement that tends to be articulated more in art than elsewhere, even if elsewhere there has long since ceased to be any alternative.—
Diedrich Diederichsen,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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The mayor also said that late-night establishments and all nightclubs must cease operations at midnight.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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The charges were dismissed because West’s cause of death was not determined, and some evidence had been illegally obtained. (Netflix) Lewis was convicted of six counts of mail fraud in a 1981 credit card scheme in Kansas City.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
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Baldwin — who denied pulling the trigger — was also put on trial for involuntary manslaughter last July, but the case was dismissed after the judge learned that prosecutors had withheld evidence from the defense.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
24 May 2025
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“Can.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/can. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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