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contained

[kuhn-teynd] / kənˈteɪnd /












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Even before electric cars, the typical American automobile contained more than a mile of copper wiring.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

One rib bone from a deer-like animal contained sparkling calcite crystals that turned out to be crucial for dating the site.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

A typical server configuration contained two Intel server CPUs.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Other examples shared by TikTok users contained similarly strange descriptions.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

This second meaning we owe to the poetic license of Mr. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, whose famous poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner contained just such a creature.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood