cast on
verb
cast on; casting on; casts on
: to place (stitches) on a knitting needle for beginning or enlarging knitted work
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Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland share many marquee name talents first discovered as winners of local competitions as well as often an additional publicity catapult for casting on a TV reality show with finalist status.
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
As someone with normal skin, I’ve been focused on finding sunscreen formulas that play well with makeup and don’t leave a Casper the Friendly Ghost-like cast on my canvas.
—Tatayana Yomary, Essence, 19 Aug. 2025
The new photos are the first shots of the cast on location filming.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The series sets the various human and humanoid segments of its cast on a direct course with the distinctly inhuman alien flora and fauna on the ship – there are some inventive little monsters aboard, disgusting and harrowing in their own special ways – to great effect.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
As someone with normal skin, I’ve been focused on finding sunscreen formulas that play well with makeup and don’t leave a Casper the Friendly Ghost-like cast on my canvas.
—Tatayana Yomary, Essence, 19 Aug. 2025
The new photos are the first shots of the cast on location filming.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The series sets the various human and humanoid segments of its cast on a direct course with the distinctly inhuman alien flora and fauna on the ship – there are some inventive little monsters aboard, disgusting and harrowing in their own special ways – to great effect.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Cast on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20on. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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