tipi
noun
ti·pi
less common spelling of tepee
: a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains
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As a result, the army turned to more brutal methods, attacking tipi villages before dawn, with indiscriminate fire killing noncombatant women and children.
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Patrick Springer, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025
In her Tipi Dress, the 28 straps on the dress represent the number of poles that are used to construct a traditional Lakota tipi and the cycle of a woman’s menstruation.
—Sandra Guzmán, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
For a special night the kids will love, rent the park’s tipi.
—Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 19 Aug. 2025
Even the tipi, everything is a model after the woman.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
There’s a cedar sauna with a gravity shower and a tipi lodge tent for communal gatherings.
—Steve Lyons, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
Geronimo Trading Post, Holbrook, Arizona On Interstate 40 east of Holbrook, Arizona, toward the power plant at Joseph City, a tipi perched on a rock outcropping.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
In a toasty tipi, waiting for the lights to appear, these stories shape the perspective travelers apply to the night sky.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2024
Luger, who was born in North Dakota on the Standing Rock Reservation, and lives in New Mexico, is installing a full-size tipi — upside-down.
—Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
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Patrick Springer, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025
In her Tipi Dress, the 28 straps on the dress represent the number of poles that are used to construct a traditional Lakota tipi and the cycle of a woman’s menstruation.
—Sandra Guzmán, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
For a special night the kids will love, rent the park’s tipi.
—Brian Higgins, Outside Online, 19 Aug. 2025
Even the tipi, everything is a model after the woman.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
There’s a cedar sauna with a gravity shower and a tipi lodge tent for communal gatherings.
—Steve Lyons, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
Geronimo Trading Post, Holbrook, Arizona On Interstate 40 east of Holbrook, Arizona, toward the power plant at Joseph City, a tipi perched on a rock outcropping.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
In a toasty tipi, waiting for the lights to appear, these stories shape the perspective travelers apply to the night sky.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2024
Luger, who was born in North Dakota on the Standing Rock Reservation, and lives in New Mexico, is installing a full-size tipi — upside-down.
—Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Tipi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tipi. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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