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contained

adjective as in controlled

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Materials near the Sun contained slightly different isotope ratios than those formed farther out.

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When I got to the closet in her bedroom, which contained enough medical supplies to stock a small pharmacy, I started to think she may have been a secret hoarder.

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What family secrets or other revelations, we wonder, might they have contained?

It contained items belonging to his late mother that were of sentimental value.

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Then again, when the past 14 years have almost exclusively contained hammerings in every corner of Australia, one day is worth celebrating.

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

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