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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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Limited mobility, social stigma, and inaccessible spaces make isolation and loneliness a common problem.—
Joni Eareckson Tada,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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This combination of isolation, altitude and temperature is what makes the site so scientifically valuable as a training ground for scientists and astronauts — and as a test site for equipment and rovers.—
Rosanna Philpott,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Moore said Wilson passionately advocated for the program over the past decades in Brookfield schools, as segregation can still be prevalent.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Never mind white World War Two soldiers’ relationship to segregation within the army itself, and ensuring that Black veterans couldn’t be entitled to the same VA resources, couldn’t move into the same neighborhoods that white veterans moved into.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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