containment

noun

Definition of containmentnext
as in isolation

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Recent Examples of containment Nvidia’s Open Agent Safety Platform, launched on Monday, provides a containment system that only allows access to things an agent needs to do its job. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 OpenAI made the change after discovering that one of its AI agents had broken containment and gained internet access through a gap in its training sandbox. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026 In 2024, The Washington Post documented a major expansion at Sergiev Posad-6, a former Soviet bioweapons site outside Moscow, including new high-containment buildings. — Ashish K. Jha, STAT, 28 Sep. 2026 For instance, the Department of Natural Resources submitted a rule for legislative approval that sets up containment areas and disposes of carcasses for diseased animals. — CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for containment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for containment
  1. isolation
  2. segregation
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  • Curie's initial Nobel was for physics, but the second, for chemistry in 1911, recognized her work on polonium and the isolation of pure radium.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Fair Ones is set in the aftermath of their longtime friend Claire’s death, as Mara and Jen, two Brooklyn women in their forties, are off kilter, cycling through shock, numbness, denial, distraction, anger, isolation, regret, depression.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of isolation
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  • Growing up under the harsh system of segregation influenced Pillay's interest in human rights and the law.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Growing up under the harsh system of segregation influenced Pillay’s interest in human rights and the law.
    — Stefanie Dazio, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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