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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
Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Superstore of its products ongoing, including eye drops that may be contaminated with fungus, cucumber that may be contaminated with salmonella, tortilla strips with undeclared allergens and waffles with potential listeria contamination.
—Hatty Willmoth, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025
However, even the most junior codebreaker in possession of two messages encrypted with the same pad would be able to strip off the encryption and read both.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Our new discovery was the Rajas vegetarian number, which combines strips of roasted poblano peppers and corn in a creamy, cheesy sauce.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
Superstore of its products ongoing, including eye drops that may be contaminated with fungus, cucumber that may be contaminated with salmonella, tortilla strips with undeclared allergens and waffles with potential listeria contamination.
—Hatty Willmoth, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
After Hurley walked out, his assistant coaches finished stripping the paint off the locker room walls.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025
However, even the most junior codebreaker in possession of two messages encrypted with the same pad would be able to strip off the encryption and read both.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strip
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Farrell, sporting a beautiful rose and ribbon headpiece and red velvet gloves, clearly understood the assignment.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
1 Feb. 2025
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Novant celebrated the site on Friday with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 1500 Matthews Township Parkway.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Jan. 2025
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The cartoon comedy is everything that its title implies: The movie follows a cop who is half dog and half man, thanks to a harebrained (but lifesaving) surgery that leads a man and his faithful companion to be fused into one.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Hart is transforming from comedian to cartoon.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In overtime, Tippett took a feed from Noah Cates and undressed Merzlikins on a backhand, prompting a bench-clearing celebration with his teammates.—
Kevin Kurz,
The Athletic,
22 Dec. 2024
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Then, Alvarez undressed and proceeded to take a shower with the door and shower curtain open.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The purpose of the pardon is to be used as a check against the other coequal branches of government to protect people from being unfairly punished or having their rights otherwise deprived without due process.—
Samuel Chambers,
Orlando Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2025
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Texas passed a law in 2023 requiring public universities to close their diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, offices, depriving the most vulnerable student communities of resources such as scholarships, mental health programs and career workshops.—
Katie Scofield,
The Conversation,
27 Jan. 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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Alcon had the Sony $261 million-global grossing summer family movie The Garfield Movie, based on the Jon Davis comic strip, starring Chris Pratt voicing the big orange cat and Samuel L. Jackson.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
26 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Over the next few years, the Victoria’s Secret runway show became the Met Ball of the disrobed.—
Danielle Pergament,
Allure,
16 Oct. 2024
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The girl was in jail garb; the family has said the girl was asked to disrobe to put on the attire but refused to take off certain items.—
Darcie Moran,
Detroit Free Press,
23 Oct. 2024
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Snyder, a longtime comics author, is currently writing Absolute Batman for DC, with that comic’s launch becoming the biggest-selling title of 2024.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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Ken Flores, a stand-up comic who also produced the comedy show Latin XL, has died, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strip. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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