noun
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Origin of sheeting
Example Sentences
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Plastic sheeting is taped across all the windows and there's a large padlock hanging on the door handle.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
The external walls of the soaring residential towers were covered in bamboo scaffolding and wrapped in netting and plastic sheeting.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
The flooding began with a heavy downpour that sent water sheeting off the hillsides and into creeks.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025
St Gregory's Catholic Church, located nearby on Kelvindale Road, has had its stained glass windows covered with protective sheeting.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025
It would be so easy— He came out of the oil like a whale surfacing, oil sheeting off his face.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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