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as in ribbon
a long narrow piece of material now tear the paper into strips and fold them up carefully

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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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verb

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Recent Examples of strip
Noun
To support its ally in Gaza, the Lebanese organization began firing missiles at Israel as soon as the Israeli Defense Forces moved into the strip. Hanin Ghaddar, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2025 These cuts strip families of children with autism of access to programs like therapeutic horseback riding and respite care. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
On Monday, the mayor directed his employees to do the same out of fear New York City could be stripped of federal funding, according to sources. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025 This proposal, which amounts to a call for ethnic cleansing, would strip the Palestinians of even more land and undoubtedly incite a violent response from Hamas. Mike Quigley, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for strip 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strip
Noun
  • Farrell, sporting a beautiful rose and ribbon headpiece and red velvet gloves, clearly understood the assignment.
    Melinda Newman, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Novant celebrated the site on Friday with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 1500 Matthews Township Parkway.
    Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The cartoon comedy is everything that its title implies: The movie follows a cop who is half dog and half man, thanks to a harebrained (but lifesaving) surgery that leads a man and his faithful companion to be fused into one.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Kevin Hart is transforming from comedian to cartoon.
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Shortly after, the lawsuit says, Gaiman undressed himself and started to bathe with her.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In overtime, Tippett took a feed from Noah Cates and undressed Merzlikins on a backhand, prompting a bench-clearing celebration with his teammates.
    Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Starting in late 2022, the Biden Administration imposed several rounds of export controls on China in an effort to deprive the country of technology that Washington fears Beijing could use to make the next generation of weapons and AI systems.
    John Liu, CNN, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Together, these provisions could be used to force a company like Apple, that would never build a backdoor into its products, to publicly withdraw critical security features from the UK market, depriving UK users of these protections.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • What: The exhibition will include works of art and memorabilia items as well as activities such as comic strip drawing, coloring, paper airplane making and photo opportunities.
    Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
  • And Lynch was an avid painter and visual artist, who exhibited his work around the world and spent nearly a decade drawing his own comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The 30-year-old beauty — who appeared naked after disrobing out of a black fur coat to reveal a body-hugging, see-through micro dress — will not be legally charged for indecent exposure or other offenses.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Shelly is with her, and the two dissect Shelly’s dismal love life as Annette disrobes.
    Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Snyder, a longtime comics author, is currently writing Absolute Batman for DC, with that comic’s launch becoming the biggest-selling title of 2024.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Ken Flores, a stand-up comic who also produced the comedy show Latin XL, has died, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner said.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025

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“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strip. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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