as in composed
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as in included
to have as part of a whole
the contract contains several new clauses
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as in comprised
to be made up of
the recipe contains several parts
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as in calmed
to gain emotional or mental control of
could hardly contain herself when she heard that she had won the scholarship
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as in controlled
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
frantic efforts to contain the spread of the disease
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Recent Examples of contained
Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 July 2025
The piece itself is a very contained script: two people, New York City, all-night shoots, felt very manageable to me.
—Carlos Aguilar, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
For Ryan’s mother, Julia (Taylor), Paul’s surprise visit unleashes a wary bitterness she’s long kept contained.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
And beyond that, everyone else had to be very contained and very disciplined and very selfless.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 July 2025
The piece itself is a very contained script: two people, New York City, all-night shoots, felt very manageable to me.
—Carlos Aguilar, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
Verb
Michigan sent 40 pages of documents that included the requester’s name and date, but contained nothing about the actual request.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
For Ryan’s mother, Julia (Taylor), Paul’s surprise visit unleashes a wary bitterness she’s long kept contained.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contained
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At the same time, his tech-entrepreneur client—a longtime friend who also recently decamped from the West Coast—asked that the 2,063-square-foot bachelor pad function as a refuge: plush, composed, and calm in the middle of the city.—
Ian Volner,
Architectural Digest,
26 Feb. 2026
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And so Ekman-Larsson elevated his game and played some of the most physical and composed hockey of his career as the Leafs stumbled.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The rapper, who pleaded not guilty to all charges, has been held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center since he was arrested in September 2024.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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That means every state budget could be held hostage until the whims of a small fraction of legislators is satisfied.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2025
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Discussions have included an off-ramp for President Miguel Díaz-Canel and for members of the Castro family that ruled Cuba for decades to remain on the island.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Production of this article included the use of AI.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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The current Pentagon press corps is comprised mostly of conservative outlets that agreed to the policy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Justice Department initially said that its release, made in response to a law passed by Congress compelling the agency to disclose nearly all files related to Epstein, comprised more than 3 million pages.—
Elliott Ramos,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Young calmed himself enough to live up to the lofty billing.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Trump’s assurance of safe passage of tankers in the Strait of Hormuz calmed market jitters initially, though shares in Dubai and Abu Dhabi opened sharply down after markets resumed trading for the first time since the war began.—
Alaa Shahine Salha,
semafor.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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The exceptions would be Florida and Texas, where Republicans have controlled the state legislatures for decades.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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But if the rate of growth in broad money is controlled, then higher spending on oil and gasoline will be offset by lower spending on other items, restraining overall inflation.—
Steve H. Hanke,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The robot will vacuum oil from the water’s surface, return to its base station to discharge the collected oil, and then redeploy to the spill site.—
Ben Coxworth
March 10,
New Atlas,
10 Mar. 2026
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The collected data is then analyzed by an outside statistician before the report is issued.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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In the summer, on the exact day The Godfather passed $50 million in revenue, Francis and George Lucas went down to the nearest Mercedes dealership and bought a dark blue 1972 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman — the same model, Francis boasted, as the pope’s.—
Paul Fischer,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
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Apparently to stand out as a glamorous immigrant, the woman born Hillary Hayward-Thomas often used a quirky Spanish accent in interviews and boasted about her family’s Spanish background.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Contained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contained. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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