self-contained
Example Sentences
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The Metropolitan State Hospital opened in Norwalk in 1916, a self-contained facility complete with its own farm that treated people with mental illness.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
A detached four-car garage, accessed via a sweeping motorcourt, completes the property’s self-contained layout.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
Nintendo games, by contrast, tend to be self-contained.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
The module can be controlled and monitored without physical cables, functioning as a self-contained unit.
From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
