self-contained
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Images of the weapons found in the house were shown to the court, including an air rifle, which was stored in a wooden box and included a self-contained gas cartridge.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
"In the long run, self-contained people may not be able to survive in this competitive world," he said.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
“The Devil Wears Prada” was and is the perfect example of a self-contained story, built by the studio machine but never intended to keep the apparatus running.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
Her vision is precise: a south-facing garden to catch the evening light, and a self-contained annex where her father might stay comfortably when visiting, or even live in later years.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
The farm and the family was a self-contained world, in the way I imagine all American farm life once was.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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