contain
verb (used with object)
to hold or include within its volume or area.
has contained
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present perfectof contain (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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OpenAI said it has contained the problem but called it an “unprecedented cyber incident.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
His account of his military service has contained contradictory or unverifiable claims.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2023
For years, my apartment has contained a single Christmas cactus that I'm explicitly not permitted to tend.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023
So far, the series has contained few of the bombshells the palace had feared.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
What fortitude must a man be possess'd of that can offer two such sentences to the eye of the public in a paper which for that space has contained nothing else in the political way?
From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 2 by Harry Alonzo Cushing
