as in shield
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a hard shell on the back of some animals (such as turtles or crabs)
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Recent Examples of carapace
The state Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission has approved emergency regulations slated to expire later this month as a final rule, keeping the Bay State aligned with carapace and vent size requirements in New Hampshire and Maine.
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 7 July 2025
She’s dressed almost like a little Napoleon, and her suits are like a carapace of steel on her body, with these big shoulder pads.
—Cat Cardenas, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025
Inevitably, some entrepreneur is going to come out with a complicated token that makes all kinds of promises, but tries to mask all that by calling it a meme coin — as if that language will now put it within some sort of anti-regulatory carapace.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
It’s beautifully designed, with a glossy white carapace, matte black articulated legs, and dark purple wires.
—Erico Guizzoevan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2017
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 7 July 2025
She’s dressed almost like a little Napoleon, and her suits are like a carapace of steel on her body, with these big shoulder pads.
—Cat Cardenas, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025
Inevitably, some entrepreneur is going to come out with a complicated token that makes all kinds of promises, but tries to mask all that by calling it a meme coin — as if that language will now put it within some sort of anti-regulatory carapace.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
It’s beautifully designed, with a glossy white carapace, matte black articulated legs, and dark purple wires.
—Erico Guizzoevan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carapace
Noun
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To better understand how these storms can wreak so much havoc, our research team created simulations to show how storms interact with Earth’s natural magnetic shield and trigger the dangerous geomagnetic activity that can shut down electric grids.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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The head shield, all of those tiles on the bottom, would be stripped off.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 Oct. 2025
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The date written on the back of the plate reads October 25, 1996.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The plate will leave you feeling like you just got let in on a secret.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
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The brightening occurred as an increase in heat radiation from the sun vaporized icy materials embedded in its structure, creating a gaseous shell around its nucleus.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Rioters then shot at agents with commercial artillery shell fireworks.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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In the latest antisemitic incident to rock a community, threatened attacks on synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states were thwarted when a person was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, body armor and other items, officials said Tuesday.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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His persona is a performance but also a suit of armor.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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The brand’s fashion line is crafted from brass, finished in either rhodium or 21-karat gold, while the fine jewelry collection mixes metals of 925 sterling silver and 21-karat gold plating.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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Engineers, soldiers, and civilians all wore different variations, complete with modular life-support backpacks, exoskeletal plating, and transparent domed helmets that reveal the actors’ faces while maintaining a sense of airtight realism.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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Engineers placed the platform’s cylindrical hull in phase one into the Atlantic.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Naval architects Simonis Voogd Design refined the existing hull design to reduce pitching motion, improve seakeeping, and optimize turning ability.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
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Open alcohol containers and six additional shell casings were found at the original crime scene, according to the release.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Oct. 2025
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McGoey pointed to the importance of shell-casing analysis, phone records and property checks to determine whether the crime was personal or financial.—
Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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“Carapace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carapace. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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