self-contained
Example Sentences
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At elite institutions, students enter a nearly self-contained community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
But there’s also a nostalgia for catalogs as self-contained and curated; a static set of choices rather than pages and pages of search results.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 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
To emphasise the intended awe and majesty of the occasion, Louis XIV’s long, mythological ballets would begin with a self-contained instrumental introduction, or opening.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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