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
Police found five bullet casings and recovered Bitikofer and the wounded man’s cell phones.
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Investigators recovered approximately seven shell casings at the scene.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Officers from the Hartford Police Department responded to the scene and found several cartridge casings on Jefferson Street where the stabbing and shooting occurred, court records show.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
Investigators recovered at least two shell casings at the scene, Tisch told reporters.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said Brooks' DNA was found on shell casings at the scene, and his cell phone pinged at crime scenes from the robbery spree.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
About two dozen shell casings were recovered from the crime scene, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2026
Depue did not have an estimate on the number of shots that were fired but said shell casings were recovered from the scene.
—Nathan Pilling
march 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
Lushin was found with gunshot injuries, and several shell casings were found nearby.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 30 Mar. 2026
Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Investigators recovered approximately seven shell casings at the scene.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Officers from the Hartford Police Department responded to the scene and found several cartridge casings on Jefferson Street where the stabbing and shooting occurred, court records show.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
Investigators recovered at least two shell casings at the scene, Tisch told reporters.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said Brooks' DNA was found on shell casings at the scene, and his cell phone pinged at crime scenes from the robbery spree.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
About two dozen shell casings were recovered from the crime scene, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2026
Depue did not have an estimate on the number of shots that were fired but said shell casings were recovered from the scene.
—Nathan Pilling
march 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026
Lushin was found with gunshot injuries, and several shell casings were found nearby.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casings
Noun
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Opt for bigger hanging bulbs, discrete flickers, or even hanging sheaths.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
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The payload was designed to test a hypersonic navigation system capable of accurately identifying spacecraft position, even when communications are blocked by intense plasma sheaths during hypersonic flight.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The temperature at first pitch was 37 degrees and continued to drop, with players wearing full sleeves and many wearing head coverings.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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This is the reason for the shag carpeting, the plastic coverings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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,
5 Mar. 2026
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Traditional outdoor TVs, with thick bezels and industrial housings, often disrupt that balance, becoming visual anchors rather than complements.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Researchers even uncovered pottery fragments among the shells.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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But car-crash girls are, in fact, fierce in their attachments, devoted to the few people who can penetrate their hard shells.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Jalisco has more than 15,900 cases of missing persons, a toll that experts attribute to the activities of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, official data shows.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The study mentioned above also found that doctors and patients identified ways to reduce out-of-pocket costs – such as switching to a generic drug or adjusting the timing of care – in nearly half of those cases.—
Deidre Popovich,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Casings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casings. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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