encapsuled

verb

past tense of encapsule
as in encapsulated

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  1. encapsulated
  2. cocooned
  3. surrounded
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  • The mood is encapsulated in the lyrics of a song by local band The Enemy.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • So that could be best encapsulated in getting to walk into a room with Bradley Whitford and Betty Gilpin and be a simpering ninny.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of encapsulated
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  • Recent ideas suggest that little red dots could be black holes cocooned in thick gas, possibly representing a completely new type of object called a black hole star, in which the tight shroud of gas emits light like a stellar atmosphere.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Occupiers of apartments and houses had grown used to all these sounds, which, far from disturbing their sleep, cocooned it.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Definition of cocooned
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  • Today, the pyramid is surrounded by parks, leafy streets and upscale apartment buildings in the districts of Miraflores and San Isidro.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In the building’s atrium, the floor is filled with bunk beds that are surrounded by private rooms of varied size that can accommodate four to eight people.
    — Trevor Morgan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of surrounded
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“Encapsuled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encapsuled. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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