striping

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 Work in the area began last November and was completed in June on the paving of curb ramps and striping along San Andres Drive and the driveway by the intersection of Flower Hill Promenade. Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for striping
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Verb
  • Black holes, billions of times more massive than the Sun, power blazing engines called active galactic nuclei.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • While the 49ers maintain that Saleh’s comments were meant to be purely complimentary, Coen and the Jaguars didn’t perceive it as such, which is why Coen came in guns blazing after Sunday’s win.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Either technology can show an assortment of issues like banding and dithering patterns in fills, which vary from printer to printer and can even vary from one quality setting to another with the same printer.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Women in hip hop is tough, so banding the Baddies cast together strengthens their resolve.
    Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Brown wants shooters streaking to the corners.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Nix overthrowing Sutton streaking down the right sideline on a third-and-10 by a few fingertips.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Striping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striping. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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