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self-contained

[self-kuhn-teynd, self-] / ˈsɛlf kənˈteɪnd, ˌsɛlf- /


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The scheme, a joint project with the local council, will provide 80 self-contained apartments and communal areas available to the local community.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

Hope Jahren, a geobiologist and plant researcher, describes her laboratory as a refuge, a church and a self-contained world.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

And considering that in “Bottoms” or “Bodies Bodies Bodies” you often were the outrageous character, what has it been like for you to play this character that’s a little more self-contained?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

“I do think there is something here about the rich just operating in almost a self-contained economy — a cloud city — where they’re all trading money with one another,” said Richards of Groundwork Collaborative.

From MarketWatch Jun. 13, 2026

Each of us is a self-contained, free-standing individual, labeled by specific protein configurations at the surfaces of cells, identifiable by whorls of fingertip skin, maybe even by special medleys of fragrance.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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