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Recent Examples of containment
There is currently no information about the containment efforts for the fire and its cause has yet to be determined.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
So, what’s on the horizon for pharmacy benefits this year, and how might these shifts reshape the way employers think about cost containment?
—Yasser Almuaala, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Russian leader Vladimir Putin deployed emergency aircraft to help with containment.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Fire crews are continuing to focus on containment operations in affected areas.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
So, what’s on the horizon for pharmacy benefits this year, and how might these shifts reshape the way employers think about cost containment?
—Yasser Almuaala, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Russian leader Vladimir Putin deployed emergency aircraft to help with containment.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Fire crews are continuing to focus on containment operations in affected areas.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for containment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for containment
Noun
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The spatial isolation of these colonies would aid humanity’s survival, argues Dr Gee, by allowing genetically distinct human communities to develop that could interbreed with people still living on Earth or elsewhere in space to produce offspring with the best qualities of both groups.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Read: The isolation of intensive parenting Others aren’t as eager to embrace external influences, especially not so close to home.—
Rhaina Cohen,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2025
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At the time, the parish was reportedly spearheaded by Leander Perez, who championed preserving racial segregation, which ultimately led to outrage and protests.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Sinners is almost two movies in one: a vampire slaughterhouse film that’s also a period piece about the near-impossibility of upward mobility in the segregation economy.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2025
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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