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as in cartoon
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story
a cartoonist who uses his daily strip to make his political points
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as in to undress
to remove clothing from
the nurse told the nervous mother to strip her screaming baby down to his diaper for the exam
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as in to deprive
to take something away from
an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority
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Recent Examples of strip
Hanin Ghaddar, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2025
These cuts strip families of children with autism of access to programs like therapeutic horseback riding and respite care.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2025
Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
This proposal, which amounts to a call for ethnic cleansing, would strip the Palestinians of even more land and undoubtedly incite a violent response from Hamas.
—Mike Quigley, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Noun
To support its ally in Gaza, the Lebanese organization began firing missiles at Israel as soon as the Israeli Defense Forces moved into the strip.
—Hanin Ghaddar, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2025
These cuts strip families of children with autism of access to programs like therapeutic horseback riding and respite care.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
On Monday, the mayor directed his employees to do the same out of fear New York City could be stripped of federal funding, according to sources.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
This proposal, which amounts to a call for ethnic cleansing, would strip the Palestinians of even more land and undoubtedly incite a violent response from Hamas.
—Mike Quigley, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strip
Noun
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Winners get a trophy, ribbons and bragging rights, but no cash prize.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
12 Feb. 2025
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To take the purple ribbon home, Monty triumphed over a Best in Show round that featured six other talented canines.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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His father, Harvey Eisenberg, was an animator and comic book artist who worked on Tom & Jerry, Foxy Fagan and Yogi Bear cartoons alongside William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at MGM and later at their own company.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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Elsewhere in the interview, Carl Jones detailed why the beloved cartoon disappeared seemingly when Black America needed it most in June 2014.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Investigators found videos of the girls showering and undressing on Dutton’s phone spanning from February 2021 to March 2023.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
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Shortly after, the lawsuit says, Gaiman undressed himself and started to bathe with her.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Starting in late 2022, the Biden Administration imposed several rounds of export controls on China in an effort to deprive the country of technology that Washington fears Beijing could use to make the next generation of weapons and AI systems.—
John Liu,
CNN,
10 Feb. 2025
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Together, these provisions could be used to force a company like Apple, that would never build a backdoor into its products, to publicly withdraw critical security features from the UK market, depriving UK users of these protections.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
7 Feb. 2025
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What: The exhibition will include works of art and memorabilia items as well as activities such as comic strip drawing, coloring, paper airplane making and photo opportunities.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
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And Lynch was an avid painter and visual artist, who exhibited his work around the world and spent nearly a decade drawing his own comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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The 30-year-old beauty — who appeared naked after disrobing out of a black fur coat to reveal a body-hugging, see-through micro dress — will not be legally charged for indecent exposure or other offenses.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Shelly is with her, and the two dissect Shelly’s dismal love life as Annette disrobes.—
Rhonda Garelick,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Red-hot comic Nate Bargatze is in negotiations to star in Christmas in Paradise, a holiday family comedy from Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists‘ Scott Stuber that’s in the early stages of development.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
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The first Fantastic Four comic debuted in 1961, and the new movie will return the beloved superheroes to their '60s roots, offering up a period film full of retro flair.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strip. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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