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Definition of loopnext
as in hoop
a circular strip cut the paper into narrow strips, and then paste those into loops

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verb

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Recent Examples of loop
Noun
Plans for the park include a playground, a walking loop, a small pollinator garden and public art. Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026 The track has been under construction for months, and now loops across several levels of the backlot. Tom Tapp, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
Closed Loops The clue had to do with particular lines that loop around the rhino along its edges. Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026 If not, loop a beach neighborhood and call it joy. Eric Barton, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for loop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loop
Noun
  • The snacks are hoop-themed and designed for both fun and flavor, showing Shaq’s knack for business and community engagement after his basketball career.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
  • See 65 of the top local hoops players, prospects and undiscovered talent.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Los Angeles police issued a dispersal order Wednesday after a massive student protest over federal immigration enforcement efforts spiraled into violence in downtown LA.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Fans are also tracking the comedic lore behind host Vic Michaelis‘ (Vic Michaelis) spiraling personal life.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • As Guthrie’s children desperately wait for the phone to ring, Savannah alluded to Psalm 23 in a video message to her mother.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This successor will be built in part from RHIC’s bones, especially from one of its two giant, subterranean storage rings that once held the retiring collider’s supply of circulating, near-light speed nuclei.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Coil the Hose Keep your hose in good condition for the coming year by coiling it in large, loose loops to avoid kinks.
    Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The lights, neatly coiled last January, have evolved into a glowing knot of holiday resentment.
    Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • But this time, the band went into an instrumental portion and guitar solo after finishing the first chorus and omitted that verse of the song completely.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The venerable Bay Area punk band Green Day also put in a characteristically punchy mini-set meant to mark the Super Bowl’s 60th anniversary.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Stellarators use magnets with complicated shapes circling the outside of the system’s vacuum vessel to create all the magnetic fields needed to confine the fusion plasma.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The Artemis 2 astronauts won't be landing, but will instead circle the moon on a 10-day trip to test systems and hardware for future expeditions to the surface.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Dake most recently retained the belt at RAF05, while Keckeisen earned his title shot after a dominant win over reigning World Champion Zahid Valencia at RAF04.
    Bradenton Herald Staff Reports, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The oversized, cropped trench features stylish details such as dramatic storm flaps, a removable tie belt, and belted cuffs, giving it a unique twist on the classic style.
    Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • An industrial landscape gives way to vast marshes spliced by curving waterways.
    Kara Newman, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
  • If an object passes by something with a lot of mass, such as a planet or a galaxy, that warping causes the object’s path to bend, to curve.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026

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“Loop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loop. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.

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