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as in independent
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as in staid
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as in self-sufficient
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Recent Examples of self-contained
But Nobody’s Girl floats free, self-assured and self-contained—a true American tragedy.
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Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Everything here is sealed off, self-contained, almost embalmed.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
The game encouraged competitive streaks, teamwork, and plenty of giggles, with parents noting it was well constructed, self-contained, and easy to store or bring along to grandma’s house.
—Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
There’s no installer; the program is entirely self-contained.
—PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
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Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Everything here is sealed off, self-contained, almost embalmed.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
The game encouraged competitive streaks, teamwork, and plenty of giggles, with parents noting it was well constructed, self-contained, and easy to store or bring along to grandma’s house.
—Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
There’s no installer; the program is entirely self-contained.
—PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-contained
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-contained
Adjective
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The movies that would be honored here, by contrast, were bolder than the Spirits usually go, resulting in a truly independent raft of winners.—
Film Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Justices must also remain sufficiently independent to make decisions unpopular with executive and legislative officials.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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It was led by Yoshiko Noda, a staid veteran politician, who briefly served as an undistinguished prime minister in 2012 and led his party to a crushing defeat at the hands of Shinzo Abe and the LDP.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
15 Feb. 2026
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The staid nuclear sector stalled for decades as natural gas and renewable energy came to dominate a power sector that feared nuclear for both safety concerns and its history of dramatic cost overruns.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Plans are emerging in Florida, for example, to build self-sufficient energy centers using turbines that burn greenhouse gas-emitting natural gas.—
Mary Ellen Klas,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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Alongside its recycled design ethos, the hotel runs on solar power, uses its own water wells, composts, and aims to be as self-sufficient as possible.—
Stephanie Rafanelli,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The album’s improvisatory nature deemphasizes longer phrases in favor of discrete moments; sounds rise sharply from the ether, linger briefly, then dissipate.—
Maxie Younger,
Pitchfork,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Associated Press stopped publishing book reviews last fall; the Times Book Review is the last discrete newspaper books section standing.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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His bends and sighs can be heard on records from Mouth Painter, North Americans, the Rose City Band and Jeffrey Silverstein, not to mention a string of solo albums both alone and with various bands (the post-rocking Tanks, the more sedate Unit).—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
11 Feb. 2026
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In today’s relatively cold and diffuse universe, quarks have settled down to sedate lives within their protonic and neutronic homes.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Amid the nods to social media and cancel culture and the shallow perils of modern celebrity, the image of Taylor-Joy’s disciplined group of insurgents, who speak in almost archaic, poetic dialogue, strikes a bracing contrast.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
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Information sharing will always be a work in progress that requires ongoing training and disciplined practice.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The water district will also have a separate booth to update the public on a Climate Adaptation Plan that was funded by the state, Wolski said.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Wingcube is a tall, narrow box that tows easily on top of a separate trailer.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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From science fairs to college labs For someone whose work could transform medicine, Liu, 52, is understated — an introverted polymath driven by curiosity.—
Carolyn Y. Johnson,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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Bedard and Celebrini are supremely confident but supremely polite, leaders by example, maybe a little introverted — guarded in public and only goofy in private (and occasionally on Instagram).—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Self-contained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-contained. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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