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sheath

noun

ˈshēth

Definition of sheath

as in casing

something that encloses another thing especially to protect it he removed his knife from its sheath and started to whittle

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Recent Examples of sheath More recently, a forensic scientist and criminologist hired by Kohberger's defense team named Brent Turvey has raised concerns about the chain of custody of the prosecution's main piece of evidence, a Ka-Bar knife sheath with Kohberger's DNA on it recovered next to Mogen and Goncalves. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026 Same with her stretch-of-the-imagination play on traditional fish and chips, which starts with a wide hunk of skate (or sometimes rockfish) fried in a fluffy-crisp sheath of beer batter. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2026 Actor Cate Blanchett, here gracing the May 16 screening of James Gray’s Paper Tiger, definitely got the memo on the merits of the black sheath, and has kept the whole train/no-train/big-dress/little-dress debate begun at last year’s festival down to a dull roar. — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 This week, the Archaeological Museum at the University of Stavanger in Norway announced its recent acquisition of a magnificent sheath, thanks to a curious hiker out for a walk one morning. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sheath

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Noun

Removing the casing allows engineers to use a much larger fan without making the engine excessively heavy.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
According to the Chicago Tribune, there were more than 60 rifle casings present at the intersection of South Calumet Avenue and 51st Street on Thursday night, as well as police tape across the entrance to the train station.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Definition of casing

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During her time there, Jamie worked with a broad range of actors across film and television, serving as both a covering agent and representing her own roster of clients.

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
The article clarifies that prohibiting a bonnet, a private hair covering, differs fundamentally from discriminating against natural Black hair.

— Tee Wilson, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of covering

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After her father died during a stint of temporary housing in Trieste, Italy’s new bordertown, Marisa was sent to live in an orphanage as her mother worked.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
But the law in question, from 1971, had been designed to encourage developers to build low- and middle-income housing.

— Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of housing

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Investigators recovered numerous pieces of evidence, including pieces of clothing, fired shell casings, DNA swabs and bullet fragments collected from Cherry’s body, according to the report.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
Thirteen shell casings have been recovered, and investigators believe there were four handguns, police said in the document.

— Joe Kottke, NBC news, 31 July 2026

Definition of shell

Noun

The pitch is reinforced by the document’s anime-style cover, which depicts a smiling family in a gleaming cityscape rather than the troops, weapons and military insignia featured on many previous editions.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Visible failures of short-term extractive logic, whether in business or politics, erode intellectual cover.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of cover

Noun

Kessler, meanwhile, served as co-lead counsel for the athletes in both those cases.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 4 Aug. 2026
First applied by a few individual judges in 2019, it was rubber-stamped by a lower section of the supreme court in 2023, which led to regional judges across the country, who rule on citizenship cases, applying it to would-be citizens.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

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