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contain

Definition for contain

verb as in include, hold

verb as in hold back, control

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First, to be considered ultra-processed, food must contain one of several non-natural substances spanning eight categories, among them emulsifiers, stabilizers, flavor enhancers and flavoring agents.

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It marks the first time they have hit the stage together for a live, full-length performance of “Golden,” and even Fallon could not contain his excitement.

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“It was a relatively contained area that had burned, meaning that any pre-deployment of resources at least potentially could have prevented the fire from spreading widely,” he said in an interview Wednesday morning.

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Under the proposal, other labels like, "egg yolk", "egg white" and "escalope" would be restricted to products that contain meat.

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The immense Oakland Hills fire in 1991, which destroyed 2,500 structures, exploded after firefighters believed they contained an earlier six-acre fire the day before.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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