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canteen

[kan-teen] / kænˈtin /


NOUN
container for liquids, used in travels
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The final plan adopted in 2022 added details such as meeting facilities, a fitness center, canteen, Patriot Store and other “community-serving activities.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Justice Elena Kagan refers to herself as the “frozen yogurt justice” and even had a fro-yo machine installed in the court’s canteen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Money does not change hands among residents, not in its cooperative grocery store nor community canteen.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Over in the canteen, Syrian and African musicians chow down with Posdnuos from De La Soul and sitar legend Anoushka Shankar.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

He refilled her water canteen, pointed her in the direction of the path, and told her again to be careful, eyes full of brotherliness.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Since then, mobile phones, smartwatches and tablets have been exiled from classrooms, corridors and canteens in schools across the Netherlands.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

At the height of the Cold War, Moscow operated an airport on Svalbard and three mining towns complete with state-of-the-art health facilities and 24-hour canteens.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

From school and university canteens to football stadiums and theatres, venison is muscling in on beef as UK chefs hunt for greener options.

From Barron's Dec. 21, 2025

Exposing people to positive social norms, using posters in canteens encouraging vegetable consumption, or in bars to discourage dangerous levels of drinking, have been shown to work.

From Science Daily Apr. 24, 2024

As the sky grew dark, the exhausted Americans sat on the ground gulping water from canteens and licking melted chocolate bars from the wrappers.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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