encase
verb (used with object)
to enclose in or as in a case.
has encased
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present perfectof encase (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It has encased our vehicle in a virtual bubble that the self-driving trucks "see" and which causes them to manage their proximity by slowing or stopping as necessary.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
Breakneck urbanisation in China has encased vast stretches of land in impermeable concrete, often along the banks of major rivers, that traditionally served as flood plains.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2023
Not an Amazon box — that would be too obvious — but the cardboard that has encased virtually all wholesale, pre-market goods since about 1910.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
For years, Virginia’s head coach has encased his teams in defense-first philosophy.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 21, 2015
A rich gentleman in town has encased his horses in a beautiful drawing-room of cedar and satin-wood, and it is rather pleasant than otherwise to pass through it on the way to the other apartments.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various
