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stripping 1 of 2

noun

as in invasion

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stripping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of strip

as in undressing

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 depriving

to take something away from an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority

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Recent Examples of stripping

Noun

That worldview has become policy, aided in part by the hollowing out of the national security workforce—now stretched thin and focused on daily operations and multiple crises—and by the stripping of its coordination functions. — Ariane Tabatabai, Time, 4 Aug. 2026 Pillows filled with cotton or polyester are also safe for laundry stripping. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 12 July 2026 The funeral was never its doing, yet the company sits squarely at the center of the picture, and the one thing genuinely within its control is the very thing that failed, which is the stripping of its markings before resale. — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Ending the program for everyone, immigrant advocates say, would be the country's largest-ever stripping of legal status from people who now have it. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 25 June 2026 Korean cleansing oils help with this problem by thoroughly washing away impurities without the harsh stripping. — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 23 June 2026 This is all because of a process known as ram pressure stripping, where the gravitational pull of another celestial body strips gas away. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 30 May 2026 Most have been arrested and arraigned on charges like auto stripping, grand larceny and conspiracy. — Alice Gainer, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 Some universities and law firms have fought back by suing the White House over the stripping of funding and access; presumably universities might do the same if Trump blocks federal funding over their NIL practices. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Apr. 2026

Verb

Airbnb guests can say goodbye to checkout chores like washing dishes, stripping beds and taking out the trash under a new policy announced this week. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 While also giving value for money with the large size and affordable price tag, the formula gives hair a fuller appearance and cleanses without stripping. — Ellie Davis, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026 The clips of the event that surfaced show male dancers in cowboy hats dancing and stripping on stage, reports the Daily Mail. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Dove Daily Moisture for dry hair Shannon Stubbs tested the Dove Daily Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner for Byrdie and praised the pair for restoring softness without stripping dry strands. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026 Burglars broke into one of her units overnight, stripping out the copper wiring and making off with every large appliance inside. — La'tasha Givens, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 France Télévisions film chief Manuel Alduy has warned that the far-right Rassemblement National’s plan to privatize public broadcasting would devastate French cinema, stripping it from one of its biggest financiers. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 The singer then wishes viewers good night (in Spanish, of course), before stripping off his shirt and going to bed. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026 The Omar investigation, the Journal reported, is explicitly aimed at stripping Omar of her citizenship — and thus her ability to hold office — and deporting her. — Cameron Peters, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stripping

Noun

Oleshky, like a large portion of the Kherson region, has been occupied by Russian forces since the early weeks of the invasion.

— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
The classmate, Joleene Altum, sued Griffin for emotional distress and invasion of privacy, and Griffin countersued for defamation in a bitter, ongoing legal battle.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of invasion

Verb

No one is ignoring that on the other side, Saints quarterback Tyler Shough is capable of undressing the Giants’ secondary if New York’s pass rush doesn’t get home.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Sean Gardner, a once prominent youth gymnastics coach, was sentenced to 90 years in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of secretly recording young female students undressing and using the bathroom at a Mississippi gym.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of undressing

Verb

The risk of transmission also limits contact with the patients even after death, depriving families of closure and the opportunity to observe their preferred burial rites.

— Constant Same Bagalwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
The condition causes the carotid artery inside the skull to narrow or close, depriving the brain of oxygen.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of depriving

Noun

Batters who step out of the batter's box are charged with a strike, while attempting to bunt results in an ejection.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Two technical fouls in the same game would have resulted in an ejection of Reese, and could have changed the game in favor of the Liberty.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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But elevated fuel costs have made executives more willing to sacrifice occupancy and avoid discounts.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, for instance, has struggled with occupancy despite major marketing campaigns and has accumulated nearly $700 million in losses since 2017, according to the Financial Times.

— Contessa Brewer,Ryan Ruggiero, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of occupancy

Noun

And though some Palestinians were justly fighting to end the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and to create an independent state, others were waging an unjust war to destroy Israel altogether.

— Jordi Graupera, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Across 25 occupations that past technology upended, employment fell an extra 4% over five years for every point the national unemployment rate climbed.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of occupation

Noun

Another Supreme Court case made injunctions — the court orders that companies historically relied on to halt patent infringement — significantly harder to secure.

— Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Under a contributory infringement claim, all authors need to prove is that Meta facilitated transfers of their works.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of infringement

Noun

Nevertheless, the main opposition depends more heavily on a secular middle class sensitive to global opinion that is increasingly turning against Israel over the dispossession and killing of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.

— Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
The findings come three decades after the democratic government introduced a raft of measures — known as Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) — aimed at reversing the dispossession suffered by Black people under apartheid and colonialism.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026