contain
Example Sentences
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On any given day, suitcases contain supplies that would accommodate a hospital operating room, including scalpels, needles and IV bags.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
This was a reference to North Korea dropping hundreds of balloons in 2024, which were later found to contain "filthy waste and trash", across the border in the South.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Ideal sites needed reliable access to water and other necessities, along with landscape features that could help drive and contain bison herds.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
All of the experts I spoke with emphasized that responding well is necessary not just to save lives but also to contain the spread—a priority of governments the world over.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
Only a fraction of the Hall of Mirrors reflects her own countenance, and some contain only a shimmering blur of pale-grey gown, or the motion of the billowing ribbons as they float behind her.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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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