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noun

ˈkā-siŋ

Definition of casing

as in sheath

something that encloses another thing especially to protect it the egg of this bird has an unusually hard casing

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verb

present participle of case

as in enclosing

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Recent Examples of casing

Noun

Disneyland My favorite new item available at Disneyland is essentially a flip book, albeit one styled as a vintage ‘50s-style TV with brown casing that can house multiple oversize flip books. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026 Investigators found seven shell casings at the scene, police said. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026 Officers took the man into custody near Dunn Meadow, and recovered a gun and shell casings in the area. — Eric MacK , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026 All twelve leg actuators and its battery are protected by flameproof casings. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for casing

Recent Examples of Synonyms for casing

Noun

This sheath had been Old Ripper’s armor and had turned the shotgun pellets and rifle bullets over the years.

— Jack Wingate as told to John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2026
The team found that the upper bill’s internal bony structure is much shorter than its external sheath.

— Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of sheath

Verb

The attack is not so much a matter of precision as enclosing an area—hopefully a space that the fly is within when her jaws slap shut.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Each petal serves both structural and aesthetic purposes, enclosing a vast central hall that can accommodate up to 2,500 worshippers.

— Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of enclosing

Noun

California was in the early stages of a housing crisis, and homeowners were feeling the squeeze of rising property tax bills.

— M. Nolan Gray, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
Channel ports, housing for asylum seekers and even the lifeboat charity that rescues people in danger at sea have been targeted by anti-migrant protests encouraged by far-right activists.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

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Little Miner’s version isn’t so much a riff as an homage, with a flour tortilla encasing queso sauce, tortilla chips, chipotle aioli, lettuce, tomato, raw onion, sour cream and a choice of proteins.

— Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
The spigots serve as injection ports, where crews can pump grout behind the tunnel wall, with the goal of coating and encasing the entire tunnel lining under the Newtown Creek in a waterproof layer, filling any cracks along the way.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026

Definition of encasing

Noun

Irulan’s costumes also continue the ecclesiastical language established for the Bene Gesserit, with elaborate head coverings.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Named for the Turkish town of Uşak, where the weaving tradition began, these hand-knotted floor coverings gained popularity during the Ottoman Empire and were eventually exported across Europe.

— Mina Dragani, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of covering

Verb

As of last week, the NCAA reported some 200 lawsuits filed since its approval of the new eligibility model in June, encompassing roughly 850 plaintiffs in a variety of sports.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
The study’s authors stopped short of claiming the coinciding diversification of Cretaceous plants and oviraptorosaurs (the larger dinosaur group encompassing caenagnathidae) are directly related.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of encompassing

Noun

Meanwhile, Alvarez was hard at work perfecting the display and electronics under the hood (or, in this case, the shell).

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Nov. 2026
An unclaimed account that received Dell’s $250 holds that deposit; one that got neither the federal seed nor Dell money is an empty shell opened automatically.

— Ashok Paudel, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of shell

Verb

This pair of flat ankle boots came recommended by a friend in Oslo who wears the slim-fitting shoe to the office and while walking around the city on the weekends.

— Abby Hepworth, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2026
Technicians are currently fitting an electron Bernstein wave microwave system to inject extra heat into the plasma core.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

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