containment
Example Sentences
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By prioritizing debt containment and financial stability, Beijing may be trading short-term growth for lower long-term volatility.
From Barron's
Its Eastern Theater Command in charge of the Taiwan Strait said it has lined up destroyers, frigates and fighter-bombers to test the military's "sea-air coordination" and "integrated containment capabilities".
From BBC
With refinements - better reporting delays, asymptomatic cases - they could give public-health officials something priceless in the early hours of an outbreak: a sense of which actions matter most, before the window for containment snaps shut.
From BBC
A protective shield covering the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Ukraine can no longer provide its main containment function following a drone strike earlier this year, according to a UN watchdog.
From BBC
The second plan is containment: keeping automation below the chaos threshold until infrastructure and regulation are ready.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
