containment
noun
con·tain·ment
kən-ˈtān-mənt 
1
: the act, process, or means of keeping something within limits
the containment of health costs
2
: the policy, process, or result of preventing the expansion of a hostile power or ideology
Examples of containment in a Sentence
The company's hazardous waste containment plan is being reviewed.
The government needs to adopt a containment strategy.
Recent Examples on the Web
The social media update stated that 2,000 acres were burned and the fire remained at 85% containment.
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Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
Nancy Run Fire Company via AP Norfolk Southern said that containment booms have been deployed and the diesel will be vacuumed out.
—Joe Kottke, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2024
In the 1970s, there were many concerned citizens who raised legitimate issues about nuclear power, insisting, for example, that the plants have containment buildings.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Former Mayor Williams says many children are bitten by rats, and the problem is worse where residents live in substandard housing and are preoccupied with more pressing challenges than trash containment.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
For the 2023 year-end quarter, Disney showed improvements in cost containment, while investors also appeared to rally around new strategic initiatives like the company’s investment in Epic Games and Iger’s announcement that the stand-alone streaming version of ESPN in set to launch in 2025.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Between these extremes, containment offers a middle path.
—Max Bergmann, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2024
As of Tuesday afternoon, there are four active wildfires in the Texas Panhandle at varying levels of containment.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
But containment of the highly infectious illness requires special measures, the CDC noted.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 1 Mar. 2024
Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 23 Apr. 2024
Nancy Run Fire Company via AP Norfolk Southern said that containment booms have been deployed and the diesel will be vacuumed out.
—Joe Kottke, NBC News, 2 Mar. 2024
In the 1970s, there were many concerned citizens who raised legitimate issues about nuclear power, insisting, for example, that the plants have containment buildings.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Former Mayor Williams says many children are bitten by rats, and the problem is worse where residents live in substandard housing and are preoccupied with more pressing challenges than trash containment.
—Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
For the 2023 year-end quarter, Disney showed improvements in cost containment, while investors also appeared to rally around new strategic initiatives like the company’s investment in Epic Games and Iger’s announcement that the stand-alone streaming version of ESPN in set to launch in 2025.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Between these extremes, containment offers a middle path.
—Max Bergmann, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2024
As of Tuesday afternoon, there are four active wildfires in the Texas Panhandle at varying levels of containment.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
But containment of the highly infectious illness requires special measures, the CDC noted.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/containment. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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