self-contained
Example Sentences
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"The self-contained community survived for several thousand years, but with some kind of peaceful situation -- unlike the present day's disturbing situation, where everyone is keen to 'glorify' themselves by seeing the Sentinelese."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
“The Devil Wears Prada” was and is the perfect example of a self-contained story, built by the studio machine but never intended to keep the apparatus running.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
To challenge the long-accepted idea, the researchers built two compact, self-contained surfaces shaped like doughnuts, known as tori.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
A detached four-car garage, accessed via a sweeping motorcourt, completes the property’s self-contained layout.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
Under the big oak trees of my place at Sag Harbor sat Rocinante, handsome and self-contained, and neighbors came to visit, some neighbors we didn’t even know we had.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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