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containment

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as in isolation

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Recent Examples of containment The control and containment largely amounts to culling birds when H5N1 is detected on farms, and paying farms to improve their biosecurity by compensating them for things like repairs, rodent control, handwashing stations, and wild bird repellents. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 20 Oct. 2026 As a result, facilities have to build costly containment infrastructure to safely manage these hazardous byproducts. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026 The Norte Fire, which torched at least seven homes in San Juan Capistrano on Friday, is at 80% containment as of Monday afternoon, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2026 Huang argued that the incidents so far could all have been avoided with stronger containment and monitoring of AI agents. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for containment

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Grid current passes through silicon carbide transistors that switch at high frequency before sending it through a small conventional transformer, preserving the essential electrical isolation between the grid and everything downstream.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The receiving device checks every instruction against what the sender is actually permitted to do, building on network isolation and device identity rather than replacing them.

— Julian Durand, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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Jim Crow segregation, discrimination and systemic racism further depressed the Black population's ability to build wealth that is still largely concentrated among white families.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
American educational history is overflowing with abuse, segregation, substandard structures, and smoldering scorn.

— Kamau Bobb October 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

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