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canned

[kand] / kænd /
ADJECTIVE
preserved
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ADJECTIVE
recorded or prepared in advance
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The best part about this upgrade is that it works with any kind of canned soup.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

The two stocks will replace canned foods maker Campbell’s and swimming pool supplier Pool in the S&P 500.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Because it wasn’t just his statements on UFOs that got Rossetti canned.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

She staged “commodities luncheons” where she and other welfare mothers served lawmakers government cheese and canned meat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“Go on,” Chess urged, because he couldn’t care about canned food and dollar bills when he felt such dread rising inside him.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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