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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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These motifs take on a symbolic value, according to Sejko, and suggest the loneliness and isolation of power.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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The capital’s development over the past eight years, despite sanctions and the extreme isolation of the Covid-19 pandemic, stunned him.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Moore said Wilson passionately advocated for the program over the past decades in Brookfield schools, as segregation can still be prevalent.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Never mind white World War Two soldiers’ relationship to segregation within the army itself, and ensuring that Black veterans couldn’t be entitled to the same VA resources, couldn’t move into the same neighborhoods that white veterans moved into.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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