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
Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Workers open the casing and pull out the battery’s core parts — the electrodes — while these are still completely intact.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Authorities also reportedly recovered two 9mm caliber casings, two projectile fragments, an air rifle and Luiz's cellphone.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Investigators are currently processing two guns and comparing them to shell casings found at the scene, Trinley said.
—ABC News, 9 June 2026
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But prosecutors say that police collected 37 shell casings from the scene, not 30.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Workers open the casing and pull out the battery’s core parts — the electrodes — while these are still completely intact.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Authorities also reportedly recovered two 9mm caliber casings, two projectile fragments, an air rifle and Luiz's cellphone.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Investigators are currently processing two guns and comparing them to shell casings found at the scene, Trinley said.
—ABC News, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for casing
Noun
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Bold aromas of black cherry, espresso bean, and nutmeg give way to sublime flavors of cassis, charcuterie, and freshly ground nutmeg wrapped in a sheath of feathery tannins.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
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More recently, a forensic scientist and criminologist hired by Kohberger's defense team named Brent Turvey has raised concerns about the chain of custody of the prosecution's main piece of evidence, a Ka-Bar knife sheath with Kohberger's DNA on it recovered next to Mogen and Goncalves.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
Verb
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The animal farm had a two-meter-high fence enclosing it, half of it underground.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
22 June 2026
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Always leave one side open and ensure ventilation when enclosing outdoor equipment.—
Sheila Kim,
The Spruce,
15 June 2026
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Colorado in May required companies that deploy AI systems in important areas such as employment, education, housing or banking to tell people when AI is being used to influence a decision made about them.—
Marc Levy,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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The Emergency Operations Center said in a statement that the approximately 1,690 guests staying at the resort were evacuated to other hotels and nearby housing facilities.—
Faris Tanyos,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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Even still, most of its diminutive size was just plastic packaging, encasing the far tinier, unfathomably dense network of billions of transistors embedded in silicon.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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The 360-degree curved glass walls encasing the galleries offered many glimpses of a face that belonged to me but somehow wasn’t mine.—
Stephanie Shih
June 17,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
Noun
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The World Cup has its first red card for mouth-covering.—
Ryan Morik OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
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People are noticing the massive covering remains in the way, however.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
Verb
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Instead, fertilize the area encompassing the plant.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
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Althorp House sits on an expansive 14,000-acre estate—for reference, Manhattan is around 14,600 acres—encompassing a lake, stables, an 18th-century guesthouse, a memorial temple honoring Diana, and the lush surrounding gardens.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
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Anna, her hauteur hardening like a protective shell, is aghast.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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These shells broke before they could be hatched and the species' population plummeted.—
Madeline Gunderson,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
Verb
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For years, courts and lawmakers have had to deal with bitcoin and other crypto tokens not fitting neatly into old legal boxes.—
Susie Violet Ward,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Perfit, a shoe-fitting start-up, showed how foot-scanning technology is already moving into retail.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
19 June 2026
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“Casing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casing. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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