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contain

Definition for contain

verb as in include, hold

verb as in hold back, control

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Grassley released the records, which contained the names of agents involved.

Earlier experimental samples contained defects that limited performance to about 1,300 W/mK, well below the ideal conditions used in theoretical predictions.

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But he doesn't mention that the retail chain's dinner package this season contains half as many items and a smaller turkey.

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Germany's Bayer said Wednesday it was confident of "significantly" containing long-running legal woes related to a weedkiller by the end of next year, as it reported a narrower quarterly loss.

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This discovery resolves a long-standing geological puzzle: why certain ocean islands located far from tectonic plate boundaries contain chemical signatures that look distinctly continental, even though they lie in the middle of vast oceans.

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