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contain

Definition for contain

verb as in include, hold

verb as in hold back, control

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The McChrystal Group also did not answer questions, only issuing two updates over the last few months, though neither contained any substantive information.

For instance, oil is a liquid, but it doesn’t contain any water inside of it, so you can’t activate yeast inside of oil.

From Salon

"Canada's failure to contain massive wildfires," Callahan wrote in August, "has harmed the health and quality of life of more than 20 million Americans in the Midwest."

From BBC

He said early evidence suggested rounds found near the gunman contained "messages that are anti-ICE in nature".

From BBC

It starts with a safe virus that has been altered to contain a specially designed sequence of DNA.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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