Example Sentences
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Tins and shipping — his business’s two biggest costs — are both priced in dollars.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022
Tins of Spam are even given as presents for the Lunar New Year, sometimes presented in gift-boxes as part of special promotion for the holiday.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2021
Tins of Campbell's Tomato Soup are seen on a supermarket shelf in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2021
Tins of macaroni and cheese, fried fish, and collard greens drew a long line of men and women that stretched across the dance floor.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017
Tins hole commanded the outer doors of the tower, of which there were two, and people could drop stones through it when they were besieged.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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