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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
Noun
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How about plates, glasses, and utensils?—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
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In addition to everything else on our plates, Black women are dealing with inflation that is definitely inflationing, layoffs that seem never ending (and quite frankly, for those of us who get to keep our jobs, has us anxious everyday), and a job market that’s increasingly unpredictable.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2025
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Artifacts located near the panels – stone points, the pigments and dentalium shells or beads – suggest long-distance ties to Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) communities in the Levant, hundreds of miles away.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Sep. 2025
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Bag shapes took cues from shells, fishing baskets and Japanese furoshiki, traditional wrapping cloths.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When all the husks are flattened, begin attaching them to a piece of cork with hot glue.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
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They’re wrapped in banana leaves instead of corn husks, are flatter and more rectangular in shape, and are about three times the size of the kind traditionally steamed in corn husks (perfect for sharing).—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Investigators determined that shell casings found at the scene of the double homicide were fired from the gun.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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Messages left on the bullet casings seemingly alluded to the way insurance companies refuse coverage.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The pods—used for laundry as well—are wrapped in a type of plastic called polyvinyl alcohol, or PVA.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Edamame, Soybeans, and Soy Products Edamame is an immature soybean in green pods.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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Thus, it is used in many products, including the hulls of NASA and SpaceX spaceships.—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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 6 Oct. 2025.
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