containment
noun
con·tain·ment
kən-ˈtān-mənt 
1
: the act, process, or means of keeping something within limits
the containment of health costs
2
: the policy, process, or result of preventing the expansion of a hostile power or ideology
Examples of containment in a Sentence
The company's hazardous waste containment plan is being reviewed.
The government needs to adopt a containment strategy.
Recent Examples on the Web
Former Mayor Williams says many children are bitten by rats, and the problem is worse where residents live in substandard housing and are preoccupied with more pressing challenges than trash containment.
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Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
For the 2023 year-end quarter, Disney showed improvements in cost containment, while investors also appeared to rally around new strategic initiatives like the company’s investment in Epic Games and Iger’s announcement that the stand-alone streaming version of ESPN in set to launch in 2025.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Between these extremes, containment offers a middle path.
—Max Bergmann, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2024
As of Tuesday afternoon, there are four active wildfires in the Texas Panhandle at varying levels of containment.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
But containment of the highly infectious illness requires special measures, the CDC noted.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 1 Mar. 2024
In addition to the Smokehouse Creek Fire, the Grape Vine Creek Fire, also in the Texas Panhandle, was around 30,000 acres with 60% containment, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
Los Angeles International Airport in Southern California has been awarded $31 million to improve surrounding roadways, including underground storm water containment systems.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
As the salt dissolves, the resulting brine comes to the surface and is stored in large containment ponds.
—Henry Fountain Nina Riggio, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
For the 2023 year-end quarter, Disney showed improvements in cost containment, while investors also appeared to rally around new strategic initiatives like the company’s investment in Epic Games and Iger’s announcement that the stand-alone streaming version of ESPN in set to launch in 2025.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Between these extremes, containment offers a middle path.
—Max Bergmann, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2024
As of Tuesday afternoon, there are four active wildfires in the Texas Panhandle at varying levels of containment.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
But containment of the highly infectious illness requires special measures, the CDC noted.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 1 Mar. 2024
In addition to the Smokehouse Creek Fire, the Grape Vine Creek Fire, also in the Texas Panhandle, was around 30,000 acres with 60% containment, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
Los Angeles International Airport in Southern California has been awarded $31 million to improve surrounding roadways, including underground storm water containment systems.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
As the salt dissolves, the resulting brine comes to the surface and is stored in large containment ponds.
—Henry Fountain Nina Riggio, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/containment. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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