as in sheath
something that encloses another thing especially to protect it
an encasement of several inches of silt had helped to preserve the sunken remains of the historic ship
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Recent Examples of encasement
These glassy encasements elevated each itty-bitty snapshot of kitschy urban ephemera (a taxi cab, a bodega coffee cup, a slice of pizza, a smiley-face plastic shopping bag) to a surprising elegance—undercut with impish humor.
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Marina Harss, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
To honor the 200 year blend, Maison Goossens was called in to create a gold and gem encasement for L'Édition Rare du Bicentenaire.
—Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Personalize it with an engraving on the outer shell like the necklace from Stone and Strand, or choose a cute charm to be shown through a glass encasement like Loquet London’s.
—Jessica Neises, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2024
So most of the pinion gears, as well as the pendulum and encasement, will be made of titanium.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2011
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Marina Harss, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
To honor the 200 year blend, Maison Goossens was called in to create a gold and gem encasement for L'Édition Rare du Bicentenaire.
—Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Personalize it with an engraving on the outer shell like the necklace from Stone and Strand, or choose a cute charm to be shown through a glass encasement like Loquet London’s.
—Jessica Neises, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2024
So most of the pinion gears, as well as the pendulum and encasement, will be made of titanium.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encasement
Noun
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Flavors of peach, citrus blossom, and guava are wrapped in a sheath of brilliant acidity.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
30 Oct. 2025
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Instead of flipping the bonus tools out of the knife handle, tying them on an accompanying lanyard, or integrating them into the sheath, KEA designs a hexagonal wheel multitool out of the lanyard attachment point at the base of the handle.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Oct. 2025
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Authorities have said the two groups fired shots at each other outside on the school campus, and police later found 54 shell casings at the scene.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
30 Oct. 2025
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Incidentally, the berries — technically seeds with a casing — do contain toxins and should be handled only with gloves.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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For extra warmth, consider placing some loose, dry straw either inside or outside the cover after installation, and remove frost coverings and straw in the morning so your tomatoes still get light.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Oct. 2025
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San Jose last month also instituted a policy that requires federal agents to remove face coverings while conducting immigration enforcement operations within the city.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Contractors working on the project recently completed pouring the foundation for what will provide smaller housing units meant to make quarantining detainees with communicable illnesses safer and easier.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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Many of those people don't necessarily realize their high insurance and housing costs are being driven in part by billion-dollar disasters fueled by climate change, emergency managers say.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Encasement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encasement. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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