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as in independent
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as in staid
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as in self-sufficient
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Recent Examples of self-contained
Trauma has left him dour and self-contained, as inaccessible to others as his childhood is to him.
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Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Corsica is more rugged and self-contained—rocky coastline, mountain roads that drop you straight to the water, and beaches that can feel remote even in summer.
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Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2026
All amenities and experiences here make the hotel feel genuinely self-contained in the best luxury-at-your-fingertips way.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 May 2026
Credit, then, to Favreau and his co-writers, Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor, who have consciously made The Mandalorian and Grogu more self-contained.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for self-contained
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Corsica is more rugged and self-contained—rocky coastline, mountain roads that drop you straight to the water, and beaches that can feel remote even in summer.
—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2026
All amenities and experiences here make the hotel feel genuinely self-contained in the best luxury-at-your-fingertips way.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 May 2026
Credit, then, to Favreau and his co-writers, Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor, who have consciously made The Mandalorian and Grogu more self-contained.
—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for self-contained
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-contained
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Economic progress slows when that guarantee is taken away, as Hong Kong has witnessed in its sad regression from the promises of an independent judiciary made in 1997.
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However, the results reported by xDots still come primarily from pilot projects, so broader independent validation will be needed to determine whether similar savings can be achieved consistently across different industries.
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All this adds to that signature Hermès sense of lightness and joy, in what otherwise would be a staid and heavy, storied luxury house.
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In the late ‘60s, Davis lucratively moved staid Columbia into the rock business, signing or developing such talents as Janis Joplin, Carlos Santana and Bruce Springsteen.
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Suleyman has stated his goal is to make Microsoft AI a self-sufficient, top-tier lab.
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Data broker monitoring, hosted cloud storage for system backups, and a powerful, self-sufficient firewall round out the package.
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This is a solid budget-to-midrange loadout, with a peppy if slightly underpowered Intel Core Ultra 5 processor running things and no discrete GPU.
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Stores display seasonal products from the past year at prices 30 to 65 percent off, and the prices are kept discrete, without signs blasting discounts.
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But the book’s ruminative watchfulness is unsuccessfully conjugated in this overly sedate play with music, which has the feel of a song cycle, though sung by the fine cast with gorgeous, lonely sorrow.
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The underlying songwriting is impulsive, but many tracks adopt a deliberately sedate mood or sort through dense clusters of cut-up loops, and Alfa’s spatialization gives the album a pallor that can resemble brain fog.
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Under coach Sergej Barbarez, a former professional poker player, the gritty Bosnians rarely gamble, instead playing a disciplined and physical style that emphasizes compactness and swift counterattacks.
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On has instead built its strategy around premium pricing and disciplined supply.
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Rodriguez, who has expressed some interest in the proposal, said city leaders had not determined how county election officials would issue separate ballots for voters who would be barred from state and national contests.
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Each ticket costs $5, and players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers — five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Ball) — or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick.
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If the house presents as introverted and unassuming from the street, the oceanfront side opens toward the scenery.
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According to studio information sent to ABC News, Chalamet will play Joe, an introverted rocket mechanic.
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“Self-contained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-contained. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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