Example sentences for: containment

How can you use “containment” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • George F. Kennan , father of the Cold War policy of "containment" of which NATO was an expression, declared in the Times Feb. 5 that "expanding NATO would be the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-cold-war era."

  • The United Nations' insistence on peace at any cost and the United States' insistence on containment and sanctions instead of confrontation left UNSCOM without any backers.

  • More efficient use of water in modern systems has almost completely removed the need for dewatering and containment ponds.

  • Quantification of smoking status was based on the calculation of pack-years adjusted for nicotine containment equal to 0.8-mgr per cigarette.

  • In response to minute concentrations of LPS derived from certain Gram-negative bacteria, macrophages secrete cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-1 (IL-1) and IL-6, which contribute to the containment of infection and help to initiate a specific immune response.


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