as in contained
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
try to rein in your spending, so you have some money left for saving
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The authors argued that the typical American diet contained excessive calories and fat and lacked sufficient amounts of complex carbohydrates and dietary fiber.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026 -
Burick and one of his students assemble the base for one of ENIAC’s three portable function tables, which contained banks of switches that stored numerical constants.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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Another bill that the legislature got wrong was S1418a which would have regulated Kratom use.—
Mark Dee
May 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 May 2026
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Online sportsbooks, like FanDuel or DraftKings, are regulated by states, most of which require users to be 21 years old to gamble.—
Suzy Khimm,
NBC news,
1 May 2026
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If the user followed the instructions, including entering a PIN or scanning a QR code, their Signal accounts were linked to an external device controlled by the hackers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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McKinsey estimates that $100 trillion in wealth will pass to the next generation over the next few decades—and by 2030, 40% of investable wealth will be controlled by women.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Though the start of the pandemic soon after halted her momentum, DeVaux kept at it, eventually taking the Breeder’s Cup in 2024.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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The fight, though, kept getting delayed.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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One grabbed an arm and held it behind his back, another raised the man’s other arm above his head, while a third restrained his ankles, according to the video.—
Darrell Smith
May 1,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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During a short struggle, two officers restrained Woods by throwing her to the ground as bees swarmed the property.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Lawyers and doctors can lose their licenses to practice, insider traders can be barred from the financial industry, public officials stripped of committee assignments, and dangerous speeding drivers should have their bad habit curbed.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Sirota said Medicaid and HCPF staff worked to give legislators information on where costs were increasing and how those costs could be curbed.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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Keep your responses measured and your commitments realistic so nothing escalates unnecessarily.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ben Clemens at FanGraphs measured the change, relative to the 2025 regular season, and found that the zone has shrunk at the top of the zone and on the edges of the plate.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Reined (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reined%20%28in%29. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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