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containment

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as in isolation

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Recent Examples of containment Kill switches are not magic off buttons and do not replace careful regulation, physical containment or public oversight. — Tara Deans, The Conversation, 8 July 2026 Little growth was reported on the Willow fire on Tuesday, and crews increased containment from 5% to 10%, fire officials said. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 8 July 2026 The cause of the fire remains under investigation and there is no estimated time for containment. — Emily Carmela Nelson, Idaho Statesman, 7 July 2026 Once that future arrives, containment will become a recurring expense and control will be impossible. — Ivan Buendia Gayton, STAT, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for containment

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The robots move totes filled with products from order-picking areas to conveyors and have been working in isolation without human workers in their immediate vicinity.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
Gunville launched Champera and its flagship program, Football Fluency Method, to cure the social isolation that often accompanies burnout.

— Ginger Gentile, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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His speech was part of a campaign to fight housing segregation in Chicago.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Spending limits, segregation of duties, approval thresholds and mandatory human checkpoints—these have to be built into the system so the agent can't route around them.

— Rahul Bhatia, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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