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Recent Examples of strap
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
The brand also sells colorful heel straps that provide a more secure fit.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
The device famously introduced stereoscopic 3D, requiring players to strap into a clunky headset to experience its groundbreaking (and headache-inducing) parallax effects decades before the VR boom of the 2010s.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Many brands offer adjustable wrist straps or straps that can expand to your wrist size.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
The brand also sells colorful heel straps that provide a more secure fit.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
Kids 5 to 13, for instance, can strap on a pair during Blizzard Buddies day camp, while anglers can use them to access the north fork of the Gallatin River for year-round fly-fishing without the crowds.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
The device famously introduced stereoscopic 3D, requiring players to strap into a clunky headset to experience its groundbreaking (and headache-inducing) parallax effects decades before the VR boom of the 2010s.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strap
Noun
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The two-tone garment has a V-neck design, long sleeves, two front pockets, and a removable tie belt.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Courteney is our protagonist, an elite coach who’s got 14 championships under her belt and is gunning for her 15th with a top-flight crew from the goofily named Sammy Davis Sr.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Karri raised a couple of million pounds in funding last October to develop this model, and put it to good use by roping in legendary agency Pentagram for its industrial design inputs.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
5 Sep. 2025
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With two men on and the game tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth, Duran roped a hard line drive into the right-center gap, which rolled into the triangle between center fielder Oneil Cruz and right fielder Alexander Canario.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Properties ranging from boutique hotels to luxury resorts keep backup clothing items, such as ties, bow ties, dark socks, pantyhose, belts, and fashion tape.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
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Several used her own quotes from the video to make lighthearted jokes about the audition tape.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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After the victim unsuccessfully attempted to wire the money remotely, a member of Marion’s crew allegedly showed up at his home and drove him to two San Diego bank branches to make the transfer in person.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Their separation came five years after the couple were entangled in the Operation Varsity Blues scandal, pleading guilty to wire and mail fraud related to paying hundreds of thousands in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Harrison tied the team high with 13 points (50% from the field) in less than 12 minutes of play.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Nov. 2025
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Then the Mitchell game-tying three and Wiggins’ game-winning dunk at the final buzzer happened.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Overturning the validity of the IEEPA tariffs but doing as Katyal suggested and limiting the decision to prospective relief could thread an incredibly difficult needle.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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An across-the-board presence of Spanish and Andalusian productions Spanish and Andalusian signatures thread the lineup.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Strap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strap. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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