as in isolation
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Recent Examples of containment
That collaboration, filmed March 31, is the one that broke containment.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
This is not a shift toward containment or political inclusion of a terrorist group.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The report indicates that recent military actions have created technical failures that threaten the containment of the site.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
Despite initial containment measures, oil spread from the dock into the Scheldt River, completely blocking the access route from the port to the North Sea.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
This is not a shift toward containment or political inclusion of a terrorist group.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The report indicates that recent military actions have created technical failures that threaten the containment of the site.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
Despite initial containment measures, oil spread from the dock into the Scheldt River, completely blocking the access route from the port to the North Sea.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for containment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for containment
Noun
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By the end of that show, the anxiety and isolation that freight life in the closet had burned away, leaving a happy, hopeful ending in place of familiar narrative disaster; love is found, secrecy is banished, and all is well.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Similar to the isolation tactic of love bombing, this is another part of the gaslighting process.—
Kathy and Ross Petrass,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Scott was a pioneering Black lawmaker David Albert Scott was born in rural Aynor, South Carolina, on June 27, 1945, in the era of Jim Crow segregation.—
Bill Barrow,
Twin Cities,
22 Apr. 2026
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Partners Waste Management and Stericycle conduct educational programs for families and visitors on segregation of waste.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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