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Examples of self-contained in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web Seasons are also short — just six episodes each — and every season is relatively self-contained. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2024 Sure, there were superhero series featuring icons like Batman and Superman, but those movies tended to be self-contained. Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 July 2024 The factory isn’t completely self-contained, requiring a diesel generator for power and a freestanding hammer mill to crush the debris and waste into a fine powder that is then fed into the machine, along with a small amount of cement and water. New Atlas, 30 July 2024 And so those of us who've been advocating for transmedia as an approach have always said the film, or whatever the mothership is, has to be self-contained. Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for self-contained 
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Adjective
  • Four years later, the Coastal Act established the commission as an independent and permanent agency with the power to review construction and other activities in the coastal zone, which extends from high tide to as much as five miles inland.
    Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Those schools were, according to former pupils, hotbeds of cruelty and child abuse — an independent investigation in 2005 found evidence of criminal assault at the boys’ school in the 1970s and ’80s — as well as highly traditionalist values.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Over the past decade, a movement has arisen that heavily overlaps with Trump’s base of supporters (but extends beyond it) to reexamine the costs and benefits of the staid institutions established in the early to mid 20th century.
    Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The brand this year also devised a bold new trophy for the Louis Vuitton Cup winner that is literally centuries ahead of the staid 19th-century America’s Cup.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • This shock-the-monkey approach might have a sliver of merit if the U.S. economy were self-sufficient in renewables and if the autocrats weren’t poised to capitalize by filling the vacuum with their far more carbon-intensive oil and gas and less environmentally friendly refining techniques.
    Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Known for its organic whisky, Deanston Distillery was the first hydroelectric, self-sufficient distillery in Scotland, receiving a gold certification from the Green Tourism accreditation body for its sustainability practices.
    Aaron Damiano Sparkes, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • This backpack has a long list of features that sets it over the top, from its many storage compartments and discrete pockets to its dual clamshell opening to its external compression straps to its cushioned air-flow back panel and padded straps.
    Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Like Carpenter’s floor plans, which in 1912 crystallized his ideas for superior apartment planning in the design for 635 Park Avenue, Candela’s also adhere to certain consistent principles for dividing the apartment into discrete areas for entertaining, service, and private life.
    David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Last week, Japan announced a surprise snap election in which popular discontent with the governing LDP party following a widespread corruption scandal, twinned with a cost-of-living crisis, led to a dramatic result in the usually sedate Japanese political landscape.
    Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Her jewelry shifts from sedate heirlooms to big, bold costume pieces.
    Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Haley cautioned the Trump campaign to remain disciplined and focused on the issues.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
  • More disciplined clubs like the Dodgers, on the other hand, tended to flame out.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Related Articles Only 67 votes separate candidates in $1.8 million race for Contra Costa supervisor Elon Musk bet big on Donald Trump.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • On Monday, a Randall County judge ruled in a separate case that DeLao can keep his parental rights over his 1-year-old child with Torres.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • This emotional intelligence is a critical component of effective leadership, helping introverted leaders build stronger relationships with their team members.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The film centers on Francesco, an introverted guy, born in a village surrounded by nature in the mountains of Calabria.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024

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“Self-contained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-contained. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

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