- present tense form of contain (3rd person singular).
contains
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Lempert likened the options in the new plan to the array of options one encounters when they walk the aisles of a supermarket — even if their shopping list contains only a few items.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
This report contains detailed descriptions of medical symptoms.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Last fall, the 34-year-old released Lux, a knotty, baroque album recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra that contains lyrics in more than a dozen languages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The brain also contains specialized immune cells known as microglia.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
For from this almost Nothing I have very nearly recreated the entire universe, which contains everything!
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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