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Recent Examples of containment
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.
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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
Japan, part of a north-south defensive line known as the First Island Chain under a U.S. containment strategy to deter regional aggression, has gained Washington’s approval to acquire 400 Tomahawk missiles capable of conducting precision strikes from 1,000 miles away.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
Undisciplined eyes, loss of containment, incorrect run fits, and few third-and-long situations made for a long day on defense.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 19 Sep. 2025
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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
Japan, part of a north-south defensive line known as the First Island Chain under a U.S. containment strategy to deter regional aggression, has gained Washington’s approval to acquire 400 Tomahawk missiles capable of conducting precision strikes from 1,000 miles away.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
Undisciplined eyes, loss of containment, incorrect run fits, and few third-and-long situations made for a long day on defense.
—Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for containment
Noun
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Silence about abuse reinforces shame and isolation.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Addressing the isolation of young people has become an urgent priority in eastern Ukraine.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Wilson carefully framed federal discrimination as good government, arguing that segregation ensured efficiency, minimized conflict, and maintained the integrity of federal institutions.—
Time,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, residents have endured a tax foreclosure crisis and, decades before that, the city of Detroit was redlined, a practice by government appraisers that led to neighborhood segregation, disinvestment and stripped Black people of home ownership opportunities.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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