hoop

as in loop
a circular strip made Christmas garlands from hoops of red and green construction paper

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Recent Examples of hoop The pair are conducting a joint Zoom interview with TIME from Unrivaled’s new all-purpose 130,000 sq.-ft. hoops facility outside Miami. Sean Gregory, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025 LiAngelo Ball is expanding his life playbook, taking a pivot from his hoop dreams to a fresh focus on music with a new record deal. Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025 Six conference titles and four world championships later, the people responsible for helping to make Steph Curry a megastar and setting the NBA record for wins in a single season are setting their sights on women's hoops. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 There are detailed instructions, three embroidery cloths, a hoop, and lots of thread. Blake Bakkila, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hoop 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoop
Noun
  • Glenn landed six more triple jumps, including three in combination, before her only real mistake — a fall on her triple loop late in the program.
    Dave Skretta, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The one-mile loop is located in the East District and features educational signs informing visitors about the area’s history and its flora, an old homestead foundation, and a saguaro grove.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Tangent Only a small telescope will reveal Saturn’s rings, but 2025 is not the best year to look at them.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • After fear that all three of Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin's Stanley Cup rings had been stolen, all of them were reportedly found inside of his home.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The action of closing the three bands unites two small hands, each enameled in beige, upon the ring’s central cluster of ruby and diamond.
    Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Behind the band was a chain link fence topped with barbed wire, decorated with white flowers, silky ribbons, and brass knuckles.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The researchers acquired these bits from four individuals and cut out circles one or two millimeters across for genetic sequencing.
    Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Those big circles represent data from government monitoring stations that operate across the country.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Ohio State has another National Championship under its belt, and 22.1M people tuned in to watch the Buckeyes defeat Notre Dame for the title on Monday.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Yet, for me, a freelance reporter who often writes about mental health and has two decades of therapy under my belt, the tone seemed different from some other therapists’ websites.
    Ashley Abramson, Allure, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Keeper Everson saved the Lions’ Ivan Angulo’s shot in the fourth round of kicks, but Deyverson skied his kick into the stands to keep it level.
    Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Washington went 12-5 in the regular season, then beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Detroit Lions — the NFC’s No. 1 seed — in the first two rounds of the playoffs to advance to Sunday’s NFC Championship Game.
    Mike Jones, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025

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“Hoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoop. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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