- plural of can.
cans
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Every four or five days, the cans had to be sent to Mumbai for processing, while the crew carried on shooting without knowing exactly what they had captured.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Walk around your property with a view to securing items such as fertilizer bags and open paint cans so that they don’t wash into storm drains, which flow to the ocean without treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
It also owns large stakes in companies like Apple and Coca-Cola – a brand close to Buffett's heart, as he famously drinks five cans a day.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
For beverage makers, high-caffeine cans represent a rare growth engine, creating a new market of young consumers, who could potentially stick with their drinks for years to come.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Me and Kermit had dug through steaming piles of garbage from one side of Key West to the other, looking for milk cans.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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