as in sheaths
something that encloses another thing especially to protect it
corn husks a high stone wall is the husk that protects the actor from prying curiosity seekers
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Recent Examples of husks
Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
How to Store Corn To store sweet corn effectively, Scott recommends leaving the husks on and placing the corn in your refrigerator's crisper drawer.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
Reprisal attacks were widespread, hitting at least 20 states, and days after the chaos, the charred husks of vehicles and Oxxo convenience stores still were visible heading west out of Guadalajara, the state capital, toward the Pacific.
—Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Many of the tens of thousands of homes are hollow husks of concrete and alabaster.
—Albee Zhang, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Or the hundreds of husks left on the ground, brown, semitransparent, upholding the shape of the life that had once been but was now gone?
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
In a food processor, add cannellini beans and squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of the husks atop the beans.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
There’s mofawer, also known as mufawar, brewed coffee rich with spices and evaporated or condensed milk; and qishr, a tea-like, low-caffeine drink steeped with coffee cherry husks, cinnamon and ginger.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Don’t put corn husks, coffee grinds, onion peels, peach pits, eggshells, bones, vegetable peels, meat scraps, grease and large amounts of pasta down the drain.
—Jessica Elliott, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
These are Chinese, of course, and are made by coating duck eggs in a paste of salt, wood ash, lime, and black tea and burying them among rice husks in huge ceramic jars for 100 days.
—Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
How to Store Corn To store sweet corn effectively, Scott recommends leaving the husks on and placing the corn in your refrigerator's crisper drawer.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
Reprisal attacks were widespread, hitting at least 20 states, and days after the chaos, the charred husks of vehicles and Oxxo convenience stores still were visible heading west out of Guadalajara, the state capital, toward the Pacific.
—Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Many of the tens of thousands of homes are hollow husks of concrete and alabaster.
—Albee Zhang, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
Or the hundreds of husks left on the ground, brown, semitransparent, upholding the shape of the life that had once been but was now gone?
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
In a food processor, add cannellini beans and squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of the husks atop the beans.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
There’s mofawer, also known as mufawar, brewed coffee rich with spices and evaporated or condensed milk; and qishr, a tea-like, low-caffeine drink steeped with coffee cherry husks, cinnamon and ginger.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Don’t put corn husks, coffee grinds, onion peels, peach pits, eggshells, bones, vegetable peels, meat scraps, grease and large amounts of pasta down the drain.
—Jessica Elliott, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for husks
Noun
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These white threads are cloaked in sheaths of chitin — the same sugar polymer that forms the tough exoskeletons of beetles, crabs, and lobsters — and can be easily grown in flasks and Petri dishes.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Production quirks like volume and pitch changes, multiple beat switches, brash sonic redirections punctuated by everything from samples of glass shattering to synth stabs puncturing through sheaths of filters, make for a kind of chaotic symphony that feels deliriously of the moment.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Vought Rising — but Jensen Ackles can't leave the set until someone peels him out of his costume.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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These are all native plants, but there are also non-native options such as paperbark maple (Acer griseum), with coppery bark that peels decoratively.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Officers also recovered spent shell casings from both locations, with a preliminary investigation indicating that the casings were consistent with ammunition found inside the vehicle, according to the release.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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According to police, 25 shell casings were recovered.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Heck, even our beloved pup, Dale, barks whenever a squirrel’s hiding in the networking hardware!—
Jed Feiman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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On these tracks Slayyyter uses her voice as a much blunter instrument than before, paring back the melisma and amping up the chants, barks, and outright screams.—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At the palace, members of the royal family stood in the courtyard to greet Leo, the women dressed in black and with lace head coverings.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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An attendee Friday asked about face coverings for girls.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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By contrast, some considerably heavier origami-style folding kayaks have flat planing hulls, and are thus harder to keep going in a straight line.—
Ben Coxworth
March 25,
New Atlas,
25 Mar. 2026
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An armada of steely clouds with coal-black hulls was scudding between the rims, while a wash of pale pigments played across the canyon walls in a way that was entirely unfamiliar to me.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Researchers even uncovered pottery fragments among the shells.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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But car-crash girls are, in fact, fierce in their attachments, devoted to the few people who can penetrate their hard shells.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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All seed pods and short stems can be removed if needed.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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Visitors taste the fruit from pods, watch the fermentation process and not only see how the beans transform but taste the finished product.—
Sandra Guzman,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Husks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/husks. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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