incase
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- incasement noun
Example Sentences
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He should have appointed a family member he could trust to be his probate executor, and have had someone else appointed incase that first person died.
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2014
Please note I said "average" incase you bring up some instance of one individual's racist remarks.
From Economist • Nov. 26, 2013
"We wrap it inside a sweatband so that incase it leaks, the fluid will not get all over the bike or on James" More energy drink madness!
From Time Magazine Archive
Before she fell asleep, she tucked the alethiometer under the pillow, just incase.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
She would incase Kedzie in a sheath of soft, white kid marked with delicate lines and set off with black gloves and a hat of green leaves.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
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