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encase (something) in (something)

To place something in something else, often for protection. My mother encased my medal in glass so that it wouldn't get scratched. Be sure to encase the glassware in bubble wrap before putting it into the box.

encase someone or something in something

to contain someone or something in something. We encased her broken leg in a splint and raced to the hospital. Sammy encased the butterfly in a glass display box.

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Natural exoskeletons abound, encasing critters ranging from crickets to crabs.

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A still body of water formed the fine-grained sediments encasing the fossil, Sanz and his colleagues report in the Feb.

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The researchers made arrays of vacuum tubes by encasing electrodes in diamond, then evacuating the air from the interiors.

Bite-sized vacuum tubes

Protected from the immune system by the encasing fibers, these implanted cells thrived during the 60-day study period, the reseachers report.

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It is the truncation of this region, either by a cancer-causing virus encasing a segment of normal DNA or by molecular biologists isolating the ras gene, that confers malignant power.

Cancer genes: whence malignant power?

Contract notice: provision of kkh policyholders with mite-proof mattress covers (encasings) and atopic dermatitis coveralls (pg 19)

Provision Of Kkh Policyholders With Mite-proof Mattress Covers (encasings) And Atopic Dermatitis Coveralls (pg 19)