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as in ribbon
a long narrow piece of material now tear the paper into strips and fold them up carefully

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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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verb

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Recent Examples of strip
Noun
There is also a $12 Elvis Shake, made with Dirty Monkey Peanut Butter Banana Whiskey, vanilla ice cream, banana, milk, and chocolate; bacon strips jut out the top like crispy sails on a creamy sea. David Hudnall updated July 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025 Property lines show that a strip of land, separate from CoreCivic's, runs adjacent to the detention center, about 44 acres in size. Raphael Romero Ruiz, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Verb
The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to prohibit transgender athletes from competing in women's sports and strip the record of former swimmer Lia Thomas. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 July 2025 Their feet protrude, white and enormous, from their grey-green uniforms like tree-branches from which the bark has been stripped. Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for strip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strip
Noun
  • He was granted approval to wear a small black ribbon instead.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
  • For those watching Detroit real estate development, get ready for more ribbon cuttings, grand openings, and a couple of big groundbreakings in 2025.
    JC Reindl, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Billboard is 'just too valuable' to sell, owner says The political cartoon is just the latest political critique that Fiorito, who is based in California, has leveled by way of the Phoenix billboard.
    Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
  • The idea was inspired by 1945's Anchors Away, in which Kelly danced with Jerry Mouse from the beloved cartoon Tom and Jerry.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Things escalated, and soon enough Jane was undressing and having intercourse with Don.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 June 2025
  • Finishing their routine without severing any limbs would have been enough to earn them four yeses, but the fact that the brothers managed to undress and put on each other’s clothes, all while keeping the knives in the air, pushed things over the edge.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • Alabama last year became the first state to carry out an execution with nitrogen gas, a method that involves pumping nitrogen through a face mask and depriving the inmate of oxygen.
    Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
  • Permitting their unlawful removal would thwart that purpose and deprive the public of the commission's full expertise and oversight.
    Melissa Quinn July 2, CBS News, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The once notoriously secretive Ministry of State Security now commands a massive following on Chinese social media, with near-daily commentaries, short videos or even comic strips sounding the alarm about supposedly ubiquitous threats to the country.
    Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
  • Save your comic strip, and create another one next year and others in years to come.
    Laura Broadwell, Parents, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • Authorities said one video, recorded from a low angle, showed a bride disrobe and put on her wedding gown.
    Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 30 May 2025
  • Hard to imagine, but did anyone think the trade policies of President Trump could disrobe America?
    Rick Helfenbein, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Based on a cult comic by Greg Rucka and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, the film followed a group of mercenaries who had the gift of immortality — they could be stabbed and amputated and maimed and mangled and burnt while fighting and still miraculously come back.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2025
  • The Sandman series is created by Neil Gaiman, David S. Goyer and Allan Heinberg, based on the DC comic by Gaiman, Sam Keith and Mike Dringenberg.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025

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“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strip. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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