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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 carapaces
Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).
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Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carapaces
Noun
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Just three days in and these XL-sized shields are thick as thieves, which doesn’t seem threatening to anyone whose name isn’t Annie.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
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Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields platforms from liability for what users post, leaving victims and their families with limited legal footing against them.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Competitive runners emphasized the value of performance-enhancing features—such as carbon plates—but stressed that these should not come at the expense of comfort.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Kris Jenner is waiting in a Rolls-Royce out front, affixed with the same KngKylie plates and a glove compartment full of the upcoming Kylie Cosmetics lip gloss launch.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Empty shells aren’t wasted—they’re collected, recycled, and used in reef restoration projects, helping to rebuild lost reefs, support sea life, and protect the coast from storms and erosion.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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Specifically, Larsson was searching for dentalium shells—the long, tubular shells deriving from dentaliums, a type of marine mollusk.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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Rodent droppings were found on the same shelf as pistachios and corn husks.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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Dry the nuts in a thin layer, then remove the husks wearing gloves.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Wilson County Sheriff’s Office detectives also found seven shell casings.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
14 Oct. 2025
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Similarly, removing the husks or other outer casings can be done using a tool such as a hammer, or by stomping on the nuts with your feet or driving over them with a car's tires.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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In the show, which Lincoln Hiatt and Andrew Golder created, contestants are confined to isolation pods with no sense of day or night, no human contact and no alliances – somewhat against the grain of the current spate of guessing game formats that require contestants to form pacts.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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The provenance of the vanilla pods (and their correspondingly unique variety) will determine some of their flavor.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Oct. 2025
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Wooden vessels for polar exploration typically reinforced the hulls internally with diagonal support beams, which braced the sides of the ship against lateral compression from powerful sea ice, said Tuhkuri, who researches the mechanics of ice.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Autonomous boats, ships, submarines, and miscellaneous watercraft for naval service have been popping with a certain regularity in recent years, with many of them retrofitted into commercial hulls or built along the lines of conventional warships.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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His models could have been downloaded from Zelda, with cargo pants that held axes and sword sheaths remade in fabric.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Gone are the Davos power sheaths and blunt business bob from her time as White House senior adviser.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Carapaces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carapaces. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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