as in belt
a narrow and usually flat piece of a material that is used for fastening, holding together, or wrapping something
She had the nervous habit of fiddling with the strap of her watch.
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Recent Examples of strap
Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2024
The simple piece included thick straps and matched her opera gloves.
—Mikelle Street, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2024
In near darkness, drone bodies, followed by wings, are loaded three per truck by men whose faces are totally covered by balaclavas, and strapped down, ready to be taken to their launch sites.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Most testers comfortably buckled a backpack over the streamlined kangaroo pouch, but some mentioned that the bulky side pocket zippers could rub beneath the straps.
—Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2024
The simple piece included thick straps and matched her opera gloves.
—Mikelle Street, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
Toyota showed variants all dressed up for both winter and summer action, using a full-size platform roof rack for strapping down gear and cargo, a rear ladder to access the 186-cm-high (73-in) roof, and a side rack for water/fuel canister carry.
—New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2024
In near darkness, drone bodies, followed by wings, are loaded three per truck by men whose faces are totally covered by balaclavas, and strapped down, ready to be taken to their launch sites.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strap
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My favorite thing about this bag, though, is the stretchy velcro waist belt which keeps the fit tight without binding around my torso.The Editors, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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But with three heartbreaking murders under his belt, the city under his thumb, and The Batman: Part II looming, Oz Cobb is standing tall at the end of The Penguin, redefining the character and readying him for a return to whatever future version of Gotham beckons him back home.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Fernando Valenzuela literally roped me into his life.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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However, José Ramírez roped an RBI double to make it 6-3.Homero De la Fuente, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
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The plaques accompanying the statues also included some of the derogatory comments made in Trump's Access Hollywood tape.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Because before that n—as were still sleeping at their aunt’s house, and living tape to tape.Angel Diaz, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
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Just keep in mind that it’s corded, which has some pros and cons.Sandi Schwartz, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2024
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Lively sported a moss corded lace halter dress from Michael Kors’ spring 2025 collection, which debuted in September during New York Fashion Week.Hannah Malach, WWD, 20 Oct. 2024
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Wear rubber gloves and clip a mangled licking branch (which holds the forehead and saliva scent of several bucks and does) from atop an active scrape and wire it over a mock scrape near your stand.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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In August, former Kansas bank CEO Shan Hanes was sentenced to 24 years after stealing $47 million from customer accounts and wiring the money to cryptocurrency accounts run by scammers.Martha Mendoza, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Boost’s fastest downloads, up to 1Gbps, come on phones such as Samsung’s Galaxy S24 that support four-channel carrier aggregation, in which the network ties multiple 5G channels together to maximize throughput.Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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Jokic tipped in his own miss with 49 seconds left to tie the game and set up for Denver’s fifth win that has come down to the last possession of regulation.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Many have been restored, re-illuminated and deeply threaded into the city’s fabric via nostalgia or necessity.Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Note that this may mean threading them through an inconspicuous piece of cushion fabric.Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Strap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strap. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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