- present participle of cast.
casting
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I received good reviews, and lots of casting directors saw me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Did you ever consider casting anybody else in that role as Bobby Ciaro, Hoffa’s friend and confidant?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Rather than casting players as super-powered characters, as was the case with most video games in the 90s, it forced them to survive with limited resources.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Dietitians who watched Oreo-gate unfold offered a more nuanced view than simply casting parents who restrict treats as overbearing—or those who don’t as negligent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
My sister looked around and saw everybody casting glances at my dad, lying on his throne.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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The audition process is likely to have been carried out in a similar way to previous castings.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Production is limited, and there are too few suppliers for solid rocket motors, castings, forgings and seekers for munitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
By the early 2030s, RidgeAlloy could enable recycled structural aluminum castings at volumes equal to at least half of current annual primary aluminum production in the United States.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
The big challenge for defense contractors is making missiles fast enough, given there are choke points in supply chains for components including castings, seekers, solid rocket motors, and other complex electronic components.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
I chipped casings off bronze castings, washed glassware, and ground ore for alloys.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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Theater - Introductory
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