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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
Jackie Northam, NPR, 22 Aug. 2025
In a final step, the patch is removed from the skin, the paper strip is removed from the patch, and the interstitial fluid in the paper is quickly and easily analyzed.
—New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Only a racist would dare to defend or dismiss slavery, which stripped Africans of human rights and enslaved them as chattel to pick cotton on Southern plantations.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2025
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Noun
And it's happened in a 25-mile-long strip of land, where trucks piled with thousands of tons of food are parked at border crossings.
—Jackie Northam, NPR, 22 Aug. 2025
In a final step, the patch is removed from the skin, the paper strip is removed from the patch, and the interstitial fluid in the paper is quickly and easily analyzed.
—New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
Whether that means better orchestrating channels to further amplify your message, or (one of my favorites) stripping back the complexity of campaigns to go all-in with one big idea, get rid of the small stuff in favor of big, bold ideas that truly move the market.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Only a racist would dare to defend or dismiss slavery, which stripped Africans of human rights and enslaved them as chattel to pick cotton on Southern plantations.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strip
Noun
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The Calvert City plant, which will hold a ribbon cutting on Aug. 26 on its newest production facility, is expected to serve both the U.S. and international market with its production of Forane 1233zd.—
Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
26 Aug. 2025
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Such a direct approach could prove fruitful against a City side who, without the inimitable safety blanket of Rodri, were cut to ribbons on the counterattack last season.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
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True to the cartoon medium, the characters are outsize and their adventures over the top.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
22 Aug. 2025
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At least Freeman walloped a 451-foot cartoon sledgehammer shot in the finale: With Thursday’s win, MLB’s reigning champion got back above .500 in road games.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In addition, just a few weeks prior, there was local uproar after Ted Nugent undressed a female fan on stage and grabbed her chest at his Fort Worth concert.—
Brayden Garcia
July 22,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 July 2025
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Things escalated, and soon enough Jane was undressing and having intercourse with Don.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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The first, filed on July 30, requested a transfer to another section of the prison, and the second, submitted the following day, accused staff of depriving him of food.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Black and brown families in Chicago have been subsidizing the education of students outside city limits for as long as the system has been designed to deprive our own children of equal opportunity.—
Stacy Davis Gates,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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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Indeed, some female swimmers chose to undress in the janitor’s closet to avoid disrobing in front of Thomas and seeing his intact male genitalia.—
The Editors,
National Review,
3 July 2025
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In today’s era of OnlyFans and rampant individualism, those values can seem prim or quaint, particularly for younger people who don’t want to disrobe alongside people from their parents’ or grandparents’ generation.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
19 June 2025
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Born on February 4, 1928, Ketchum began his entertainment career as a stand-up comic before transitioning to acting.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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So to figure out a way to kind of make that accessible is just part of my personal growth more than my stature as a comic.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strip. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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