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Recent Examples of containment
On January 15, during a United Airlines flight from Dulles, Va., to San Francisco, a passenger's cell phone went into thermal runaway and crew contained the fire in a thermal containment bag.
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Under the new legislation, if an owner fails to follow containment or signage regulations, and the dog attacks someone, the incident would be treated as a third-degree felony.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
There is currently no information about the containment efforts for the fire and its cause has not yet been determined.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2025
This policy of containment has persisted ever since, whereby politicians of the right and center-right could at once embrace Head Start and reject the communist temptations of comprehensive child care—and also reject a more generous social safety net over all.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Under the new legislation, if an owner fails to follow containment or signage regulations, and the dog attacks someone, the incident would be treated as a third-degree felony.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
There is currently no information about the containment efforts for the fire and its cause has not yet been determined.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2025
This policy of containment has persisted ever since, whereby politicians of the right and center-right could at once embrace Head Start and reject the communist temptations of comprehensive child care—and also reject a more generous social safety net over all.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for containment
Noun
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Here are the four key takeaways every parent should remember: This generation faces unprecedented risks due to a perfect storm of factors including ongoing brain development, mental health crises, the fentanyl epidemic, and social isolation.—
Charell G. Coleman,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Inmates on the first step could be out of isolation and in a group setting for four hours a day, said Raemisch, the former head of the Colorado prison system.—
Gavin Off,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
Noun
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At the dawn of the 20th century, African Americans faced lynch mobs, disenfranchisement, and segregation.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
24 May 2025
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Since the 1890s, Inkwell Beach, part of Oak Bluffs Town Beach, has been a summertime sanctuary for Black families seeking reprieve from segregation and discrimination.—
Mariette Williams,
Essence,
21 May 2025
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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