exoskeletons

noun

plural of exoskeleton
as in pods

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Recent Examples of exoskeletons Recreational exoskeletons have been popping up for years, but the new IRMO M1 exoskeleton feels like a turning point. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025 After years of exoskeletons built primarily for medical, workforce and military applications, the recreational sport exoskeleton is really having its marketable moment. — New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exoskeletons
  1. pods
  2. husks
  3. sheaths
  4. hulls
  5. casings
  6. shells
  7. cocoons
  8. housings
Noun
  • The highly specialized crush pods are designed to absorb the touchdown impact.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Keurig’s new single-serve coffee machine delivers the same convenience that helped popularize its appliances but without the use of recyclable pods made from plastic and aluminum.
    — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of pods
Noun
  • Chefs incorporate local cedar and sustainable resources like coconut husks to create coal.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In late summer, when almond husks split open, workers at Creekside Farming in Madera gear up machinery to shake the trees.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of husks
Noun
  • In a slow cooker, shrimp become bouncy and rubbery, and fish flakes apart into dry sheaths of overcooked flesh.
    — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The research team says future versions may use adjustable sheaths or elastic materials to fit a wider range of bodies.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of sheaths
Noun
  • The clouds were made in the Netherlands by a firm with a history of building steel ship hulls that now specializes in building complex steel constructions like the clouds using digital data.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Entering service in 1972, it was developed as a weapon that could take on Soviet deep-diving, high-speed submarines with titanium hulls like the Alfa class.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of hulls
Noun
  • Investigators recovered 146 shell casings inside the building and dozens more outside, where Hasan shot at the backs of soldiers fleeing toward the parking lot.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Edina Police Chief Todd Milburn said police recovered 55 spent cartridge casings from the scene.
    — Jason Rantala, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of casings
Noun
  • The buildings themselves were not empty shells; they were established assets with real tenants.
    — Khalifa Aldhaheri, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Others, including a company making electronic fuzes for shells used in Gaza, and another that manufactures parts for Israeli tanks, came after.
    — Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of shells
Noun
  • After all, large galaxies, including the Milky Way, are surrounded by huge cocoons of gas and dust called the circumgalactic medium, and that material serves as the raw building blocks for stars.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Some channeled actual ladybugs and butterflies with giant colorful hoop skirts, and jackets that looked like cocoons, eliciting smiles from the crowd.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of cocoons
Noun
  • To scale up capacity, operators simply add more cells to the stack, and no need to redesign heavy mechanical housings.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
  • There is zero mechanical connection to anything outside their respective housings.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 July 2026
Definition of housings

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