striping

Definition of stripingnext
present participle of stripe
as in blazing
to make stripes on the children carefully striped the paper with red and blue paint

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Recent Examples of striping The fieldhouse will include 10 basketball courts, 14 volleyball courts, court striping for 20 pickleball courts, a concession area and a 250-person meeting room. Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026 Traffic mitigation measures included planting tall trees and striping the road entrances red to preserve drivers’ line of sight. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026 The amendment would also cut smaller public works construction projects, cut the line striping budget, reduce the budget for asphalt patching, cut vehicle maintenance operating budget and cut the building maintenance budget. Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 20 Jan. 2026 Crews will install barrier walls, patch potholes, and perform striping work during the closures. Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for striping
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Verb
  • Videos published online and geolocated by NBC News showed a blazing fire inside the airport, surrounded by debris and heavy smoke as people ran for cover.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 4 June 2026
  • Epstein and his team went after Reiter with guns blazing.
    Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
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  • One common option is banding or rubber band ligation.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Scientists now monitor the species' population through citizen science projects like the Christmas Bird Count and by banding the chicks.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
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  • Each dish can track only one satellite at a time and must physically rotate to follow fast-moving LEO satellites streaking across the sky at roughly 17,000 mph (28,000 km/h).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 May 2026
  • The shower's peak will be strongest for those watching from the southern hemisphere tropics, where up to 50 meteors may be seen streaking across the night sky each hour under ideal conditions, according to the American Meteor Society.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 May 2026

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“Striping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striping. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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