as in containment
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Noun
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Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025 -
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.—
Aman Kidwai,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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From Caracas’s perspective, this move likely looks like a show of force or encirclement.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
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This has included more frequent air and naval crossings over the centerline of the strait, multiple live-fire encirclement exercises to simulate a blockade scenario, unprecedented missile tests over the island, and regular intrusions of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone.—
PHILIP H. GORDON,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
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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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“Encompassment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encompassment. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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