encased

verb

past tense of encase
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 Grain silos at the ports are being encased in anti-drone grids. — Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026 Lillard slept in the iron lung cylinder that encased her body as the air pressure in the chamber forced air in and out of her lungs. — CNN Money, 11 July 2026 Lillard slept in the iron lung cylinder that encased her body as the air pressure in the chamber forced air in and out of her lungs. — ABC News, 10 July 2026 The drummer is encased in a prism of metal and plexiglass that moves throughout the concert, and Brooks will often perform from - or jump off - the structure. — Heather Bushman, Oklahoman, 7 July 2026 Sweltering 94 degree heat encased San Jose on June 11, but that didn’t stop dozens of middle-age and bearded men from confidently strutting around Santana Row in heels. — Shivika Verma, Mercury News, 6 July 2026 Fortuitously, the small kiosk where Gil was encased acted as a kind of buffer, offering some measure of protection from the accumulation of debris looming above. — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026 So the researchers encased these proteins and other large materials in a different membrane and then fed those to the SpudCells. — ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026 The bathroom is encased with polycarbonate walls to let in light but keep out prying eyes. — Clio Chang, Curbed, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for encased
  1. housed
  2. enclosed
  3. surrounded
  4. included
  5. confined
Verb
  • The Sacramento Homeless Union, a local of the California Homeless Union, represents 4,600 homeless, formerly homeless and marginally-housed people in the Sacramento area, the suit said.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
  • The burn took place at Rocket Lab's Archimedes Test Complex, housed at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of housed
Verb
  • The three-level boat’s main deck and lower deck were both enclosed, according to Toczko.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • Snow rooms, enclosed caverns of ice and snow, sometimes incorporating gently falling flakes, are the latest at-home flex for some of the world’s wealthiest, according to the New York Times.
    — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026
Definition of enclosed
Verb
  • Guests have exclusive access to the top-deck Sanctuary Club, which features a freshwater pool surrounded by comfy lounge chairs and private cabanas.
    — Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
  • Photos from the trip showed the Black teen surrounded by White friends, though at least one other Black friend was also on the trip.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of surrounded
Verb
  • The case against Tristan previously included three counts of rape, six counts of actual bodily harm and two counts of human trafficking.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 July 2026
  • Along with attending matches, Infantino’s itinerary included stops in New York for an interview on Fox & Friends and in Miami for a FIFA summit attended by representatives from the organization’s 211 member associations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of included
Verb
  • What’s Happening Evening exercise is being reevaluated by the same clinicians who once told patients to keep workouts confined to mornings.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • Schools have often confined meaningful creation to entrepreneurship clubs, hackathons, and extracurricular programs.
    — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of confined

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