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a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common
singers of every stripe will perform at the benefit concert
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as in swipe
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
the prisoner was sentenced to receive 20 stripes with a bamboo pole
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PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
Related article Secret to how quickly clownfish gets its stripes revealed by latest study
The team also found that clownfish which shrank at the same time as their breeding partner had a higher chance of survival.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
Snag striped button-downs à la Katie Holmes and more billowy styles for as little as $10.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Noun
It's adorned with a gold stripe across the front, which contrasts nicely with the black accents.
—PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
Related article Secret to how quickly clownfish gets its stripes revealed by latest study
The team also found that clownfish which shrank at the same time as their breeding partner had a higher chance of survival.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
Verb
The black and white striped design was crafted using more than 1.4 million individual beads and required 7,600 hours of handwork.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
Snag striped button-downs à la Katie Holmes and more billowy styles for as little as $10.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stripe
streak
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Compilation footage shows the moment a meteor/fireball streaked across the sky in Maoming City, Guangdong Province, ChinaOn the evening of May 28, 2025, there was a loud bang in the sky, and a super bright fire meteor suddenly descended over the urban area of Maoming!.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
31 May 2025
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Twin telescopes, pointed in different directions on the spacecraft, scanned the sky, capturing optical light that streaked across its field of view.—
Katrina Miller,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Stripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stripe. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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