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as in cartoon
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story
a cartoonist who uses his daily strip to make his political points
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as in to undress
to remove clothing from
the nurse told the nervous mother to strip her screaming baby down to his diaper for the exam
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as in to deprive
to take something away from
an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority
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Recent Examples of strip
Mark Hay, Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2026
The nipple-baring design featured completely sheer black lace except for a small strip of chocolate brown silk on the cups and along the waistband.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
Chaewon Chung
updated January 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Indiana lawmakers stripped language out of a bill Wednesday afternoon that would have banned social media for children and required parental consent for teens.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 28 Jan. 2026
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Noun
In the 13th century, craftspeople in what is now the Netherlands swapped out bone for strips of wood embedded with iron blades.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2026
The nipple-baring design featured completely sheer black lace except for a small strip of chocolate brown silk on the cups and along the waistband.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
While some of that language was stripped from earlier drafts after facing public and political pushback, Zbur cautioned that there are still indications the administration could try to revisit similar ideas in the future.
—Chaewon Chung
updated January 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Indiana lawmakers stripped language out of a bill Wednesday afternoon that would have banned social media for children and required parental consent for teens.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strip
Noun
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Bragging rights, ribbons and trophies.—
Jennifer Peltz,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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Rita Hazan gave me beautiful highlights a couple of weeks before the wedding and reception, which would be outdoors and hopefully feature plenty of sun to bounce off those ribbons of gold.—
Jesa Marie Calaor,
Allure,
31 Jan. 2026
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In the 19th century, failures were often satirized in cartoons, which may have motivated some elite risk-takers to push on with their attempts past the point of reason rather than face social ridicule.—
Christopher Ferguson,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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On Facebook, Kazmierczak has switched his profile pictures to Trump many times while also uploading cartoons criticizing Democrats’ policies.—
Philip Wang,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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On January 14, technical controls were added to block people from undressing others.—
The AI Insider,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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This is the bizarre spectacle of Grok undressing people on X for all to see whenever prompted.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Instead, hospitals allow immigration officers to call the shots on how much — if any — contact is allowed, which can deprive patients of their constitutional right to seek legal advice and leave them vulnerable to abuse, attorneys said.—
Claudia Boyd-Barrett,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Scientists had long known that depriving mice of vitamin A caused infertility; the challenge was finding a safe, targeted way of inhibiting it.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Adams created his defining comic strip in 1989, satirizing white collar work life.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Jan. 2026
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Scott Adams, creator of the long-running comic strip Dilbert who courted controversy as a late-career political and social commentator, died today after a battle with cancer.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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With an increasing number of thrift stores closing dressing rooms (a move often made to discourage theft), some people disrobe right there in the open.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
14 Jan. 2026
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But in 2026’s first week, the most visible use of AI has been X users employing Grok to digitally disrobe women.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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As has become tradition for Jon Stewart‘s Monday evening hosting stints for The Daily Show, the political comic had to work hard to detangle all the webs of hypocrisy exemplified by the right wing — this time, in relation to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
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Similar to the show, the comic features a pair of detectives trying to connect the dots behind a strain of explosive deaths, and everyone who’s spontaneously combusted has The Beauty.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strip. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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