containment

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Recent Examples of containment Mason added that Litke is among the players who were instrumental in the Panthers’ containment of top running backs such as Lowell’s Tymothy James, Wheeler’s Levi Murray and Calumet’s Bryce Brandon. — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 On Monday, firefighters were working to wash streaks of pink fire retardant off the streets and finish building containment lines around the charred hills between San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 The control and containment largely amounts to culling birds when H5N1 is detected on farms, and paying farms to improve their biosecurity by compensating them for things like repairs, rodent control, handwashing stations, and wild bird repellents. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 20 Oct. 2026 As a result, facilities have to build costly containment infrastructure to safely manage these hazardous byproducts. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for containment
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Noun
  • Given that Dhaka is one of the globe’s most densely populated cities, the world Zaineen inhabits requires a great deal of control to maintain this kind of isolation.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Belarus, a close ally of Russia, has faced Western isolation and sanctions for years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Through Jim Crow segregation and the Civil Rights era, those leaders were nearly all Democrats.
    — BILL BARROW, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Through Jim Crow segregation and the civil rights era, those leaders were nearly all Democrats.
    — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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