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verb

present participle of case

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Recent Examples of casing
Verb
There were three bullet holes in the window, and a witness found a 9 mm casing, the agent said in the affidavit. Phil Helsel, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2025 The shell casings in that gun matched the one taken from Kassandra's body during her autopsy. Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025 Traditional battery manufacturing encases electrodes in individual cell casings, which are then bundled into modules. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025 The bullet casing had the same tool markings – unique individual indentations that guns produce on casings once they have been expended – to a gun used in an unsolved murder in Kentucky in 1998. Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for casing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casing
Noun
  • According to the case's probable cause affidavit, which was reviewed by PEOPLE, Kohberger was caught after a sheath of the knife used in the murders was left at the scene in the bed where Mogen and Goncalves were found.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The murder weapon was never recovered, but the killer dropped a Ka-Bar knife sheath near Mogen's body.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2004, Rader resumed sending letters, including one to The Wichita Eagle, enclosing Wegerle’s drivers license and photos of the crime scene.
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Tall bookshelves flank the bed, enclosing it in a cozy way and providing lots of storage—no nightstand needed.
    Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The region's housing inventory remains low, particularly in metropolitan counties compared to rural areas.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The first occurred on March 13, 2020, when an officer visited White’s apartment, in an affordable-housing complex outside Sydney.
    Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Inspect the covering to look for damage.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Rocket Lab’s extreme stock movement could also be a result of some short covering, which occurs when short sellers buy a security to close a position and mitigate losses.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The window encasing the passenger compartment is perhaps the most striking aspect, and, if the car is ever built, will have an interesting windshield wiper setup.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025
  • For instance, fusion doesn’t require all the expensive, nuclear-grade concrete that creates a protective dome encasing traditional nuclear radiation.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the present moment, the Big Ten’s mostly public universities are nearing a deal to take $2 billion from an outside investor (a pension fund in California) in return for a slice of equity in what would essentially be a new shell company to house the league’s media and sponsorship businesses.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Scoop pastry cream into the baked pie shell, and use a spoon or offset spatula to smooth.
    Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Madagascar has seen weeks of protests, initially spurred by shortages of water and power but now encompassing deeper unhappiness over corruption, inflation, and high unemployment.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The series spans the entire three months of boot camp, encompassing obstacle and confidence courses, rifle shooting and the final 54-hour test, known as the Crucible.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Per Fightful, at least one person in WWE feels a December return would be the best-case scenario.
    Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Italian superstar Laura Pausini is one of only a handful of artists who has carved out equally successful careers in Spanish and another language — in this case, her native Italian.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Casing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casing. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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