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noun

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1
as in ribbon
a long narrow piece of material now tear the paper into strips and fold them up carefully

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2
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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strip

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verb

ˈstrip How to pronounce strip (audio)
1
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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2
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
Noun
The agency said in a statement that a coastal strip of as much as 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) in length is impacted around Ras Madrakah, and that the spill is expected to reach the southern beaches of Masirah Island in the coming hours. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 Those and the chicken sandwiches, wings and strips are all 100% halal-certified. — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
The administration’s latest attempt to wrest local control from California officials has homed in on stripping authority granted to the state by the Coastal Zone Management Act, or CZMA. — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The Hawks won another final in 2011 but were stripped of the title due to rules violations. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for strip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strip
  1. ribbon
  2. cartoon
  3. undress
  4. deprive
  5. comic strip
  6. disrobe
  7. comic
Noun
  • While Dwayne rocked a black tuxedo jacket — the back of which included ribbons arranged to look like a spinal cord — with a matching pleated skirt, Hashian opted for a white halter gown with a stitched design.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Now at the National Museum of American History, the vanilla silk crepe dress, with its single waterfall ruffle and narrow claret ribbon at the waist, hinted at old-world craft and restraint.
    — Robin Givhan, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of ribbon
Noun
  • There are photo ops and merch on-site, and often meet-and-greets with a cartoon’s creators or voice actors at a higher price point.
    — Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • And this space, this ironic room of cartoon animals and colors, would be the place of such extreme trauma.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cartoon
Verb
  • Seven of the top nine image generation models freely available on Hugging Face allow people to digitally undress a person without their knowledge of consent, according to research by European nonprofit AI Forensics.
    — Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Upon further inspection, the officer allegedly found the USB contained images of state employees undressing.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of undress
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  • This political uncertainty makes US suppliers seem unreliable, fostering competition and depriving American firms of invaluable insights.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Israel’s top court ruled in 2025 that the prison service under Ben-Gvir was depriving Palestinians of a minimum subsistence diet.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of deprive
Noun
  • The Hickman Kewpies are named after a naked, smiling baby who was a favorite in a comic strip and later dolls and figurines.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But the closest Fleming ever came to describing Bond outside the books was while working with cartoonist John McLusky in the late 1950s on a comic strip for the Daily Express.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of comic strip
Verb
  • The game starts with a 60-second contest to disrobe mannequins decked out in layered bras.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • 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, 22 June 2026
Definition of disrobe
Noun
  • In the 1970s, the comic introduced John Stewart to be Hal’s backup, something Hal did not like very much.
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
  • This comic was reported by Marielle Segarra and written and illustrated by Abi Inman.
    — Marielle Segarra, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of comic

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