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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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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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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
Ben Morse, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
There were tractors with strips of floodlights mowing vast medians full of wild grass.
—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
Lawyers for the Harris County traffic cop said missteps by an officer prior to an escalating event do not strip them of the right to self-defense thereafter.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 16 May 2025
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Noun
Williams finished with just six points, with his performance epitomized by making a strip in the fourth quarter but missing the layup with no defenders near him.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
There were tractors with strips of floodlights mowing vast medians full of wild grass.
—Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Verb
Moody’s Ratings stripped the U.S. government of its top credit rating Friday, citing successive governments’ failure to stop a rising tide of debt.
—Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
Lawyers for the Harris County traffic cop said missteps by an officer prior to an escalating event do not strip them of the right to self-defense thereafter.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strip
Noun
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But Jia Yue Technology, a Chinese company that makes Christmas ribbons, stockings, wreaths and gift bags, has already made the leap to Vietnam.—
Alexandra Stevenson,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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Garnish with a thin cucumber ribbon, threaded onto a skewer. 7.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 May 2025
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Director Dean Fleischer Camp’s family adventure feels like an excessively earnest Disney Channel movie compared with the delightfully unhinged 2002 cartoon.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Hollywood as a city where humans and cartoons uneasily coexist—most notably in the segregated Toontown.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
Verb
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He is used to having people around him who tend his body, who dress him and undress him.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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While Jackson's films don't exactly present too many situations in which the characters would be undressing to their skivvies, Blanchett, having embodied Galadriel across all three films, can provide first-hand testimony that underwear was worn.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Tapper believes that the effort of family and his longtime staff members to hide Biden’s condition deprived the Democratic Party of the chance to determine if its chances were better with another candidate, who would have benefited from more time to mount a campaign against Trump.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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Sixteen Penn swimmers anonymously signed a letter claiming that Thomas' participation deprived them of fair opportunities.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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The once notoriously secretive Ministry of State Security now commands a massive following on Chinese social media, with near-daily commentaries, short videos or even comic strips sounding the alarm about supposedly ubiquitous threats to the country.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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Save your comic strip, and create another one next year and others in years to come.—
Laura Broadwell,
Parents,
1 May 2025
Verb
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One angry parent claimed his 14-year-old daughter had disrobed while visiting with another family.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Judges are disrobed, dishonored, disappointed, and defined.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The comic became especially popular in Mexico and Spain, both full of exiles from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, all of which had ultra-right-wing regimes at the time.—
Lily Meyer,
The Dial,
20 May 2025
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Eastman and Laird created a comic based on four mutant turtles that possess keen martial arts abilities, which was meant to be a one-shot, but ended up becoming a phenomenon.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strip. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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