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Recent Examples of striped
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2026
Whatever the case may be, the right striped sheet set can transform the look of your bedroom.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
As at Four Horsemen, where an oeuf mayonnaise is zebra-striped with squid ink and humble beans are treated like precious gems, Curtola trusts his diners to venture beyond obvious crowd-pleasers.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The blue and white striped patterns are likely due to striations that were put into the ice hundreds of years ago, when the ice was dragged across Antarctic bedrock.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2026
Whatever the case may be, the right striped sheet set can transform the look of your bedroom.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
The bee mushroom, which is hairy and striped like a bee, turns Mario into bee Mario, who can fly and climb on sticky honey walls.
—Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
As at Four Horsemen, where an oeuf mayonnaise is zebra-striped with squid ink and humble beans are treated like precious gems, Curtola trusts his diners to venture beyond obvious crowd-pleasers.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for striped
Adjective
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Scientists accidentally invented seabird toilet TV Two Japanese scientists just wanted to study how streaked shearwaters run on water to take flight.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
10 Sep. 2025
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One of his images features a mostly dry riverbed, its sand mysteriously streaked.—
Alex Cuadros,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Iran reopened its airspace early Thursday after a temporary closure barred most incoming and outgoing flights.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
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On that basis, the Birmingham Safety Advisory Group (which police are part of) barred Maccabi fans from attending, provoking widespread accusations of antisemitism – including by Keir Starmer.—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
14 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Scanning from head to toe, the viewer sees a banded fedora, cigar, jacket and trousers, and, finally, holding it all up (easily missed at first glance): vertiginously high stilettos.—
Andrew Holter,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2025
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Personal trainers shared 18 different moves with SELF to help minimize the aches and pains that come with sitting in the same place for hours at a time, including banded squats, glute bridges, a calf stretch, and a classic child’s pose.—
Katie Way,
SELF,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Striped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striped. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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