as in sheaths
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 casings
At the scene, investigators found shell casings and blood on various items, including a pair of gloves and a pillowcase that was inside Clark's silver Mercedes SUV.
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Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Wilson County Sheriff’s Office detectives also found seven shell casings.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025
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
After the assassination, reports emerged that bullet casings recovered from the shooting contained references to internet memes and the video game Helldivers 2.
—Time, 8 Oct. 2025
The shell casings in that gun matched the one taken from Kassandra's body during her autopsy.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Traditional battery manufacturing encases electrodes in individual cell casings, which are then bundled into modules.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025
Shell casings from the crime scene matched Beckham’s gun, and his fingerprints were on the passenger side of the car.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2025
The practice of sending political messages through bullet casings appears to be a more recent phenomenon, which Peter Rutland, a government professor at Wesleyan University, told CNN can be connected to the rise of the internet and social media.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Wilson County Sheriff’s Office detectives also found seven shell casings.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025
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
After the assassination, reports emerged that bullet casings recovered from the shooting contained references to internet memes and the video game Helldivers 2.
—Time, 8 Oct. 2025
The shell casings in that gun matched the one taken from Kassandra's body during her autopsy.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Traditional battery manufacturing encases electrodes in individual cell casings, which are then bundled into modules.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025
Shell casings from the crime scene matched Beckham’s gun, and his fingerprints were on the passenger side of the car.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2025
The practice of sending political messages through bullet casings appears to be a more recent phenomenon, which Peter Rutland, a government professor at Wesleyan University, told CNN can be connected to the rise of the internet and social media.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casings
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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In Massachusetts, Turkish national and Tufts University grad student Rümeysa Öztürk was physically restrained by six plainclothes officers, most of whom were wearing face coverings.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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In 2024, the American firm released a collaboration with the lifestyle brand founded by Colombian designer Johanna Ortiz, which included a collection of fabrics, wall coverings and trims that reflect her eclectic runway fashions and South American spirit.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Batch tabletop miniatures for a weekend campaign, produce cosplay armor sections that fit together cleanly, or prototype brackets and housings for clients with consistent results.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
17 Sep. 2025
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The sturdy plastic housings resist fading and cracking and are brown in color to blend with most outdoor surfaces.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some shells are soft, and others are hard with spikes or mounds.—
Kate Siber,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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The largest ever mounted on a warship, each gun could fire 3,200-pound (1,460 kg) shells over 26 miles (42 kilometers).—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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The base has been used by Israel as a detention center, where a number of cases of abuse of Palestinian detainees had been reported during the war in Gaza.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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The inconvenience, or in some cases hardship, of a shutdown has become wrapped up in the blame each side is assigning to the other, with neither party willing to budge over Democratic demands on healthcare.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Casings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casings. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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