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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Recent Examples of casing
Christopher Cann, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Thomas shared that the artist Debbie Long had collected bullet casings for two years on her hikes around the New Mexico desert.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2025
Police found 9mm and 40 caliber casings near the body, along with a .40 Glock pistol.
—John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025
During the investigation, crime scene investigators found 11 spent .45-caliber shell casings.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
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Verb
The shell casings at the scene matched the gun Mangione had in his possession when he was arrested in Pennsylvania.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Thomas shared that the artist Debbie Long had collected bullet casings for two years on her hikes around the New Mexico desert.
—Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2025
Police found 9mm and 40 caliber casings near the body, along with a .40 Glock pistol.
—John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025
During the investigation, crime scene investigators found 11 spent .45-caliber shell casings.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for casing
Noun
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Their evidence would have included DNA evidence that linked him to a knife sheath found at the crime scene.—
July 2,
CBS News,
2 July 2025
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He was arrested in December 2022 in Pennsylvania after forensic evidence linked him to the murders, including DNA found on a knife sheath at the crime scene and cellphone data placing him near the victims' home multiple times. Jan. 4, 2023 Kohberger was extradited to Idaho on Jan. 4, 2023.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Home Depot is widely viewed as one of the most successful retailers of the last 20 years, one that has deftly leveraged a hot housing market that led to more people renovating their homes.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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The Brown administration favored a more holistic approach that prioritizes connecting people to treatment and housing services rather than issuing citations.—
Tim Clouser,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
Noun
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During recent federal immigration operations, agents involved almost completely cover their faces with masks or other coverings to protect their identities.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
25 June 2025
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Works from Litchfield County creators appear throughout Belden House, including custom wall coverings by twenty2 Wallpaper & Grasscloth,and ceramic lamps by Dumais Made.—
Marcia DeSanctis,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2025
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Some 80,000 shells will be launched more than 1,000 feet above the East River.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The most popular is the My Man Go ($14.50), made with fresh mango encased in crème fraîche mango mousse with hazelnut praline in a tropical chocolate shell made to look like a real mango.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
Verb
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This is a hard problem, encompassing moral judgment, and is fully steeped in ethical (and legal) implications.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The collaboration represents another step in Kakao Entertainment’s content strategy as the company continues to leverage its multi-studio system encompassing production houses and talent agencies.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
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Jurors heard from more than 30 witnesses over the course of seven weeks as the prosecution went through its case.—
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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The injunction comes seven months after a jury found that Penn State proved its case.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
1 July 2025
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“Casing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casing. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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