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casings

  • plural
    of casing.
    casing
    noun
    a case or covering; housing.

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Lined on the floor was box after box of ballpoint-pen-sized .50-caliber rounds; beside them lay a mound of bullet casings and a half-destroyed drone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

In the 1990s, the agency started sharing with local law enforcement agencies its National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, which collects the unique marks on bullet casings found at shooting scenes.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

They're displayed beside missile casings and captured drones.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

A long gun and shell casings were found on the scene, FBI Director Kash Patel said, adding that the agency was carrying out witness interviews as part of its probe.

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026

He's wearing skinny jeans, which look very much like denim sausage casings.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan