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as in sheath
something that encloses another thing especially to protect it
he retired to the cocoon of his study whenever he'd had enough of the company
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as in to wrap
to surround or cover closely
cocooned in puffy down parkas, we braved the bitter cold as best we could
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Recent Examples of cocoon
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Beyond the museum’s vast atrium, cocoon-like concrete galleries chart 300,000 years of human history.
—Nicola Chilton, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Feb. 2026
Josephson likes to turn down the volume on the outside world, cocooning her readers in the white noise of affirmation.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Rolling off the bed in a silicon sleep cocoon, Grace gradually evolves from a wriggling larval stage into a fully upright, walking and talking smarty-pants.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
Beyond the museum’s vast atrium, cocoon-like concrete galleries chart 300,000 years of human history.
—Nicola Chilton, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
Drivers who failed to dig out while the snow from our late-January storm was still soft are now contending with thick walls of ice cocooning their vehicles.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Feb. 2026
Josephson likes to turn down the volume on the outside world, cocooning her readers in the white noise of affirmation.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocoon
Noun
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This overall slender shape has a rough sheath.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
4 Apr. 2026
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Opt for bigger hanging bulbs, discrete flickers, or even hanging sheaths.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But economists say the similarities may be largely superficial, thanks to more flexible exchange-rate regimes and deeper foreign exchange reserves, which provide a buffer that helps absorb some of the shock.—
Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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And its build-up of strategic oil reserves has created an effective short-term buffer against rising oil prices, the Lombard Odier note said.—
Ishika Mookerjee,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Her remains were bound with rope inside a black plastic bag which was wrapped with duct tape, according to a court filing.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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After a follow-up procedure — during which doctors placed a pair of stents in his heart — and some rehab, Stevens wrapped his recovery at home.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Investigators recovered approximately seven shell casings at the scene.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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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
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The easy-to-use glossing treatment, which should be applied to damp hair and followed by a blow dryer to activate the frizz-fighting alpha acids, is a semi-permanent smoothing spray that basically creates a water-resistant shield to prevent flyaways—even in the most humid of places.—
Eva Thomas,
InStyle,
9 Apr. 2026
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Teams unanimously approved sticking with the hardware for Artemis II and only adjusting the reentry trajectory, instead of replacing the heat shield.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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For Artemis, the astronauts will remain on board their capsule until the ship has enveloped the Orion in its well deck.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Some are right on the sea, others enveloped in rosemary, bougainvillea, and olive trees.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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The rule targets mixed-status households, in which some members are citizens and some are not, and prevents the entire household from receiving housing.—
Laura Turbay,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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On and on the TaxWatch report goes, listing higher and higher costs of housing, groceries, rent, utilities and child care.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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To account for that, McClanahan says her clients' financial plans typically include an annual cushion for unexpected expenses — around $5,000 to $15,000 — with unused amounts able to carry over, though those cash-flow assumptions are updated each year.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
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Newsom said the move to defer the funding and repay it at a later, unspecified point is necessary to create a cushion for uncertain state revenue projections and to avoid potentially allocating more money to schools than is actually available, since the budget isn’t finalized until the summer.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Cocoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocoon. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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