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Recent Examples of containment
With the prospect that premiums may rise more sharply next year, cost containment could and maybe should be the next big health agenda item in Washington.
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Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Joseph’s pass-rush might experience a bit of fatigue after running the same containment game plan two weeks in a row, but this should still be a blowout.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
Here, the political messaging in Mahama’s earlier works was expressed via the ruggedness of the jute bags, signaling both movement and containment, wear and endurance.
—Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
George Kennan, the American diplomat and architect of containment, was initially skeptical of the need for a transatlantic alliance.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
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Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Joseph’s pass-rush might experience a bit of fatigue after running the same containment game plan two weeks in a row, but this should still be a blowout.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
Here, the political messaging in Mahama’s earlier works was expressed via the ruggedness of the jute bags, signaling both movement and containment, wear and endurance.
—Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
George Kennan, the American diplomat and architect of containment, was initially skeptical of the need for a transatlantic alliance.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for containment
Noun
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But instead of an epic franchise, the two are a couple in Lynne Ramsay’s suffocating drama about a woman dealing with postpartum depression and isolation amid a move from New York to Montana.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
8 Nov. 2025
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His extraordinary journey from utter isolation to human connection is revealed in the Oscar-contending documentary Ghost Boy, directed by Rodney Ascher (Room 237, A Glitch in the Matrix), winner of the Audience Award at SXSW in the Visions category.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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White South Africans, whose roots can be traced to settlers arriving under Dutch and British colonial rule, dominated the country through a system of racial segregation known as apartheid from 1948 until its abolishment in the early 1990s.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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With each pot, cast iron skillet, and cooking utensil, Gilmore exemplified this longstanding tradition in Black life, negotiating her identity in America and resisting the ills of racial segregation that pervaded nearly every aspect of her community.—
Time,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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