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pod

noun

ˈpäd

Definition of pod

as in sheath

something that encloses another thing especially to protect it a fuel pod

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Recent Examples of pod Georgia Aquarium staff say Balor and Zephyr will meet their trainers and, eventually, join the aquarium's existing pod of beluga whales. — Cbs Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 The ride is more of an amusement park-like thrill attraction, in which guests will sit in two-person pods and then attach to a mechanical arm that will lift them into the air and attempt to simulate sensations of flight. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 The luxury pods — complete with lie-flat beds and sliding privacy doors — could be entirely off-limits when departure day rolls around, sitting completely empty at 35,000 feet. — Edward Russell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026 The team hosted special screenings of the show for the pod’s super fans and were also able to attract an audience coming to Small Town Scandal cold. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pod

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Noun

Nature also developed myelin, the fatty sheath around nerve fibers that allows electrical signals to travel up to 100 times faster than through unmyelinated neurons.

— Bratin Saha, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The two-time Olympic champion from Norway hadn’t raced since having surgery early this year to clean up scar tissue on the protective sheath around his left Achilles tendon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of sheath

Noun

If internal fluid pressure drops during aggressive extraction, the surrounding earth squeezes the cavern inward, permanently shrinking total storage capacity and crushing steel well casings.

— Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Five bullet casings were recovered from the scene, where Hernandez-Lopez was pronounced dead.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of casing

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Wiener has long championed making housing easier to build, but in San Francisco resisting development is a bedrock cause for those on the city’s left.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Wage growth hasn’t kept pace with inflation and the city faces its most severe housing shortage in a generation.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of housing

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The draft is the vertical distance from the surface of the water to the lowest point of a ship’s hull.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Amid conversations over the ship’s name, the Navy has effectively stopped referring to the ship as the USS Doris Miller internally and is only calling it by its hull number, CVN-81, one of the sources said.

— Michael Loria, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of hull

Noun

Starting in the 1990s, underground bankers set up shell companies and bank accounts in Hong Kong to circumvent mainland China’s capital controls.

— Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026
Cindy said the icing process is time consuming, especially since the egg shells need to be crushed and dehydrated.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of shell

Noun

Back in May, Honor was her mother’s date to a dinner celebrating the joint capsule collection between Paul Smith and Gabriela Hearst held at the Chateau Marmont.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
Its leaves, which contain two major psychoactive ingredients called mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), can be brewed in teas, smoked or consumed as gel capsules.

— Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of capsule

Noun

Because cannabis requires about three months to grow, the Illinois climate allows for only one or two outdoor harvests a year, but that can be extended with greenhouses or other coverings.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Then only black was allowed, and full-face coverings became mandatory.

— Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2026

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