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Definition of stripenext
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as in streak
a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background the United States flag has seven red stripes

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verb

as in to streak
to make stripes on the children carefully striped the paper with red and blue paint

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Recent Examples of stripe
Noun
Bane also shot 8 for 9 at the charity stripe and both players dished out four assists. Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026 Others walk past its pastel stripes and think of it as the Easter House. Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
Another teen donned orange and green-striped overalls. Jesse Kirsch, NBC news, 19 Jan. 2026 This bird has an arrow-straight beak and is mostly striped and spotted black and white, with males sporting a red patch on the back of their head. Kier Holmes, Martha Stewart, 18 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stripe
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streak
Verb
  • His body was left on the street amid shell casings; his signature Panama hat was streaked with blood.
    Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Off a pass from Alex Carpenter, Knight went streaking up the right side of the ice, fended off a defender and then flicked a goal into the top of the net.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026

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“Stripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stripe. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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