contain
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Earlier this month, Anthropic raced to contain a leak of internal source code with internal instructions it uses to direct its popular Claude Code application.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Most bags contain NdPr, short for neodymium-praseodymium, a rare-earth mixture and key magnet material, which sells for around $100,000 per bag.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
The deep interiors of ice giant planets such as Uranus and Neptune may contain a previously unknown form of matter.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
These are huge hedge funds that contain several smaller funds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
They knew that his defection was real, and they worked around the clock to contain the fallout.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing contain
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade 11)
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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