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as in bandaging
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt
wrapped her waist with a colorful silk sash
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as in enveloping
to surround or cover closely
a sinister darkness seemed to wrap the lonely cabin
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Recent Examples of wrapping
The new concept features the Con Amore Corner, which provides personalized gift-wrapping options as well as coffee, sweet treats and fresh flowers.
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Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Passion for the brand runs deep, with lines of fans wrapping around city blocks, waiting for the chance to experience Djerf Avenue in person.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
These instant charge-ups happen repeatedly, billions of times per second, in periods of high demand (like wrapping your mind around the enormity of that statistic).
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Jaz Sinclair is still wrapping her head around her new place within the world of The Boys.
—EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Passion for the brand runs deep, with lines of fans wrapping around city blocks, waiting for the chance to experience Djerf Avenue in person.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
These instant charge-ups happen repeatedly, billions of times per second, in periods of high demand (like wrapping your mind around the enormity of that statistic).
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Jaz Sinclair is still wrapping her head around her new place within the world of The Boys.
—EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrapping
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After bandaging the bleeding leg Saturday, Bichette woke up sore Sunday, Schneider said.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Next is Boll’s bedroom, a smallish, enveloping cabin.—
Laura Bannister,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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In In Farthest Seas, this silence is visual, too, the white of the page surrounding and almost enveloping the brief, revelatory chapters.—
Brian Robert Moore
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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The outlet also reported that a fire alarm was sounding continuously and that a helicopter was circling overhead.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Royal Oak parking meters will be closed during the festival to avoid traffic and circling cars looking for spots.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The layout was created to be as open as possible, drawing inspiration from loft living while strategically enclosing private areas like the bedroom, dressing spaces, and Meloni’s office.—
Gay Gassmann,
Architectural Digest,
27 Aug. 2025
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All around her, linen, encasing her, like a caul.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Desserts carry the same straightforward, honest goodness, as in fragile phyllo dough encasing mascarpone with cinnamon caramel and lovely lemon pistachios.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Moraes developed computer models to simulate draping a sheet on both a 3D human form and a bas-relief carving to test which version most closely matched the figure preserved in the shroud.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Aug. 2025
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The Plains Cree designer, who just graduated from Parsons, continued with his recurring use of ribbons and feathers—this time draping colorful ribbons in avant-garde silhouettes that were reminiscent of Lady Gaga and Alexander McQueen looks (two of his biggest muses).—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Wrapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrapping. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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