as in sheaths
something that encloses another thing especially to protect it
corn husks a high stone wall is the husk that protects the actor from prying curiosity seekers
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Recent Examples of husks
Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
In a food processor, add cannellini beans and squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of the husks atop the beans.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
There’s mofawer, also known as mufawar, brewed coffee rich with spices and evaporated or condensed milk; and qishr, a tea-like, low-caffeine drink steeped with coffee cherry husks, cinnamon and ginger.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Don’t put corn husks, coffee grinds, onion peels, peach pits, eggshells, bones, vegetable peels, meat scraps, grease and large amounts of pasta down the drain.
—Jessica Elliott, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
The steely husks stood sentinel over unfathomable loss for weeks or months until they were towed away and sold as scrap.
—Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
The plant produces delicious hazelnuts encased in leafy husks, with male catkins that appear in late winter and early spring.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
The distillery is focused on utilizing sustainable practices, so the team decided to use waste products left over from coffee production to make the liqueur—specifically, coffee blossom and cascara, the husks of coffee cherries.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2026
Some bird lovers have even successfully used coconut husks as biodegradable feeders.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025
Noun
Or the hundreds of husks left on the ground, brown, semitransparent, upholding the shape of the life that had once been but was now gone?
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
In a food processor, add cannellini beans and squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of the husks atop the beans.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
There’s mofawer, also known as mufawar, brewed coffee rich with spices and evaporated or condensed milk; and qishr, a tea-like, low-caffeine drink steeped with coffee cherry husks, cinnamon and ginger.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Don’t put corn husks, coffee grinds, onion peels, peach pits, eggshells, bones, vegetable peels, meat scraps, grease and large amounts of pasta down the drain.
—Jessica Elliott, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
The steely husks stood sentinel over unfathomable loss for weeks or months until they were towed away and sold as scrap.
—Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
The plant produces delicious hazelnuts encased in leafy husks, with male catkins that appear in late winter and early spring.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
The distillery is focused on utilizing sustainable practices, so the team decided to use waste products left over from coffee production to make the liqueur—specifically, coffee blossom and cascara, the husks of coffee cherries.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2026
Some bird lovers have even successfully used coconut husks as biodegradable feeders.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for husks
Noun
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Nuts and fatty fishes, like salmon and sardines, contain omega-3 fatty acids, which are important for building the insulating sheaths that surround the nerve fibers that carry information from one brain cell to another.—
Dana G. Smith,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Taylor, then with her fourth husband Richard Burton, wanted to ditch her formal '50s style of long skirts and tasteful sheaths.—
Liz McNeil,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Low tides offer a look as the ocean peels back to give people a glimpse at the critters and plant life usually underwater.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
31 Dec. 2025
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Though the show peels back a layer or two in every episode, Barrera’s character remains a bit of a cipher.—
Sofía Tafich,
Vogue,
22 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Several 9mm shell casings were recovered at the scene.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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According to the court documents, two gun shell casings were found on the floor in a bedroom.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In Network, Sidney Lumet cast Duvall as Frank Hackett, a broadcast television executive who barks about his lack of principles loudly and often.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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And perhaps some—Ho Jin just barks at him to take it all and grumbles that Ji Seon is a bad influence.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Wiener authored a first-in-the-nation law banning local and federal law enforcement agents from wearing face coverings after a wave of immigration raids across Southern California last summer.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Window coverings provide privacy while allowing people to control how much light enters the living space.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
jsonline.com,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This shift enables reactive defense systems, such as satellite hulls that intentionally heat to harden against incoming micrometeorite impacts.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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Its predecessor, the Gitana 17, launched in 2017 as a hybrid that blended conventional trimaran sailing with foiling, lifting clear off the ocean surface before settling back down on its hulls and rising again.—
Helen Iatrou,
Robb Report,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Hopewell had an expansive trade network, indicated by archaeological artifacts made from Great Lakes copper, Rocky Mountain obsidian, shells and pearls from the Gulf of Mexico, Appalachian mica, and shark teeth from the Chesapeake Bay.—
Michael Plummer,
Des Moines Register,
1 Mar. 2026
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These aren’t just shells and hard parts, the typical fare for fossils of this age.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Fan dances, the holodeck, decontamination gel, and stripping down to our underwear in shuttle pods.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Like pods, detergent sheets must be stored in a moisture-free environment and can melt when exposed to high heat.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Feb. 2026
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