as in housed
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
fear of the outside world can encase a person just as surely as stone walls
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Recent Examples of encased
The plant produces delicious hazelnuts encased in leafy husks, with male catkins that appear in late winter and early spring.
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Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
The Cam Newton Experience this weekend won’t just be encased in a stadium.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
This means that heavy elements like rock and metal are dissolved and encased in a thick mantle of metallic hydrogen enveloped in a massive atmospheric cloak of multi-colored clouds of ammonium hydrosulphide.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The Likhter-4 holds two reactor vessels from the K-22 submarine, encased in lead with their fuel unloaded.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Then, of course, a dummy's bones need to be encased in the squishiness of flesh.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
The job of mayor, after all, is usually less like a silent encounter at MOMA, and more like being encased in ice in Times Square for sixty-three hours.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Authorities in Hong Kong have said the death toll in the Tai Po towers fire, a blaze fueled by bamboo scaffolding that encased the buildings, has risen to 75.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
The helmet-compatible hood encased our head entirely, which was much appreciated during stormy weather.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2025
Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
The Cam Newton Experience this weekend won’t just be encased in a stadium.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
This means that heavy elements like rock and metal are dissolved and encased in a thick mantle of metallic hydrogen enveloped in a massive atmospheric cloak of multi-colored clouds of ammonium hydrosulphide.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The Likhter-4 holds two reactor vessels from the K-22 submarine, encased in lead with their fuel unloaded.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
Then, of course, a dummy's bones need to be encased in the squishiness of flesh.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 16 Dec. 2025
The job of mayor, after all, is usually less like a silent encounter at MOMA, and more like being encased in ice in Times Square for sixty-three hours.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Authorities in Hong Kong have said the death toll in the Tai Po towers fire, a blaze fueled by bamboo scaffolding that encased the buildings, has risen to 75.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
The helmet-compatible hood encased our head entirely, which was much appreciated during stormy weather.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encased
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Late last year, the city officials moved forward with their plan to sell the Bell Mobile and Florence Village Mobile Home Parks, which housed about 300 families.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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It’s housed inside its own twist-bottom tube and contains an internal brush to give you an effortless, mess-free method of application.—
Michelle Baricevic,
InStyle,
22 Jan. 2026
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This year, the carpet was also enclosed in a tent, and the temperature within it rose throughout the afternoon.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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The bones and cartilage are enclosed in a membrane that’s filled with an oily liquid called synovial fluid.—
Sarah Lindenfeld Hall,
Popular Science,
7 Jan. 2026
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Within two hours, she was found dead, her body surrounded by dingoes, wild Australian native dogs that roam freely on K’gari, a national park famous for its natural beauty off the country’s eastern coast.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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The artists José Parlá and Claudia Hilda, his wife, live in a former fire station in Fort Greene surrounded by memories of Cuba, which Parlá’s family fled in 1970 and where Hilda lived until recently.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
24 Jan. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Efforts that included bait, noisemakers and even a trap that caught the wrong bear all failed.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Christians were imprisoned or killed for practicing their faith, and religious practice was confined to the Chinese nationalist Three-Self Church under strict government control.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
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Like others sentenced to death, Wilson is confined under strict conditions, spending the majority of his time in his cell with limited movement and restricted contact with the outside world.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Encased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encased. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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