- present tense form of contain (3rd person singular).
contains
Example Sentences
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The following article contains spoilers for "Lanterns," including major reveals from the finale.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
This story contains spoilers for Episode 8 of HBO Max’s “Lanterns.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Roman's primary science instrument, the Wide Field Instrument, contains 18 detectors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
She calls these artifacts “workmanships,” a word embracing “work” and “man”: art contains our image and likeness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Today the world contains about a billion sheep, a billion pigs, more than a billion cattle, and more than 25 billion chickens.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
