Thesaurus results for CONTAINMENT

containment

noun

as in isolation

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Recent Examples of containment If any of the patients do start to exhibit symptoms, the center has a host of medical workers ready as well as a bio-containment unit where patients with Covid and Ebola have previously been held. —

Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 10 May 2026 Cost-containment measures, like consolidating software licenses and reusing expensive sets rather than continually tearing them down, were put in place. —

Sean Gregory, Time, 6 May 2026 Saudi Arabia and the UAE increasingly viewed Iran as a direct strategic threat requiring containment. —

Firmesk Rahim, The Conversation, 4 May 2026 Although containment took more than two months, the damage reshaped the community. —

Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for containment

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She is thrown into isolation before getting the opportunity to once again assimilate, Marc is a genuine taskmaster, but a dedicated defender publicly and to the cops about the legitimacy of his operation and its residents.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 May 2026
Founded by Emma Lewis, Sarah Azzouzi and Kyla Embrey, the initiative is designed to drive foot traffic and visibility toward independent vintage retailers by encouraging stores to operate collectively rather than in isolation—an intention that aligns seamlessly with the event’s rapid expansion.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 May 2026