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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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Recent Examples of stripe
Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
The classic Vans jazz stripe trades clean leather for frayed, multicolor tweed, a direct nod to Chanel’s signature fabric.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
For an on-trend color combo, look to House of Noa’s Harlan couch, with its poppy- and maroon-striped fabric.
—Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Have some stars and stripes with your shake Steak ’n Shake can only hope its makeover goes better than Cracker Barrel’s.
—Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
The classic Vans jazz stripe trades clean leather for frayed, multicolor tweed, a direct nod to Chanel’s signature fabric.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
Another pasta, striped like a candy cane, is filled with chicken from a farm at the city’s edge and strewn with local lemon balm, shiso, and cilantro.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
For an on-trend color combo, look to House of Noa’s Harlan couch, with its poppy- and maroon-striped fabric.
—Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stripe
streak
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Lined up to the left of Mahomes outside of JuJu Smith-Schuster and Travis Kelce, Brown streaked across the field uncovered in part because Kelce drew multiple defenders and in part because of a key read of man defense.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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When Earth crosses paths with this point of a comet’s orbit, a meteor storm occurs, producing an outburst of meteors streaking across the sky.—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Stripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stripe. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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