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as in cartoons
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 undresses
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 deprives
to take something away from
an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority
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Recent Examples of strips
Howard Halle, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
O’Neal knows the regulars, patrons whose photo strips are taped behind the bar.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Use strips of cotton cloth to loosely secure the stems to the trellis as needed.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2026
Put the pie crust on top in a lattice design after cutting it in strips for an impressive presentation.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
Tapping and holding one of the touch strips opens a menu for the G2's more active features.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
Those with steady hands might prefer to use a detail brush to paint their lines, while others might prefer to use thin strips of tape when painting to help keep things extra crisp.
—Georgia Day, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
The rest of their tooth-care regimen includes flossing daily, tongue scraping and using mouthwash as needed, along with the occasional use of whitening strips.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Spike strips were then deployed, slowing the vehicle.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
But Grundy is banking on movement in Congress to support a bill that strips back the 2025 hemp-banning language while also regulating intoxicating hemp more than the 2018 farm bill did to root out bad actors in the industry and make industrial hemp more stable in the long term.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2026
Laughton, also a producer, supposedly forced the movie to reveal key information about his mysterious character far too early, which strips it of potential tension.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
That means Congress can't pass a law to take away that right, and the president can't issue an executive order that strips it away.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
In theory, the format strips out unfair competitive advantages, reduces conference matchups in the early rounds, offers access to better venues and opens attendance to a broader swath of college hockey fans.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Beyond the physical pain of a torn ligament or a broken bone, a sports injury often strips a young athlete of a big part of their identity.
—Ian McMahan, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The sequel strips Grace of what made her special and merely pays lip service to the first one’s worldview, representing the antagonists as generically incompetent hedonists.
—Michael Ordoña, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
The sequel strips Grace of what made her special and merely pays lip service to the first one’s worldview, representing the antagonists as generically incompetent hedonists.
—Michael Ordoña, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
In 1912, Georges Braque (1882–1963) had glued strips of fake-wood wallpaper onto a pencil-and-gouache still life titled Fruit Dish and Glass, done in the Analytic Cubist style he’d developed with his colleague/competitor/collaborator Pablo Picasso (1881–1973).
—Howard Halle, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
O’Neal knows the regulars, patrons whose photo strips are taped behind the bar.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Use strips of cotton cloth to loosely secure the stems to the trellis as needed.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2026
Put the pie crust on top in a lattice design after cutting it in strips for an impressive presentation.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
Tapping and holding one of the touch strips opens a menu for the G2's more active features.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
Those with steady hands might prefer to use a detail brush to paint their lines, while others might prefer to use thin strips of tape when painting to help keep things extra crisp.
—Georgia Day, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
The rest of their tooth-care regimen includes flossing daily, tongue scraping and using mouthwash as needed, along with the occasional use of whitening strips.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Spike strips were then deployed, slowing the vehicle.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
Gallup strips out the roughly 2 billion people worldwide who are informally employed.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
But Grundy is banking on movement in Congress to support a bill that strips back the 2025 hemp-banning language while also regulating intoxicating hemp more than the 2018 farm bill did to root out bad actors in the industry and make industrial hemp more stable in the long term.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2026
Laughton, also a producer, supposedly forced the movie to reveal key information about his mysterious character far too early, which strips it of potential tension.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
That means Congress can't pass a law to take away that right, and the president can't issue an executive order that strips it away.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
In theory, the format strips out unfair competitive advantages, reduces conference matchups in the early rounds, offers access to better venues and opens attendance to a broader swath of college hockey fans.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Beyond the physical pain of a torn ligament or a broken bone, a sports injury often strips a young athlete of a big part of their identity.
—Ian McMahan, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The sequel strips Grace of what made her special and merely pays lip service to the first one’s worldview, representing the antagonists as generically incompetent hedonists.
—Michael Ordoña, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
The sequel strips Grace of what made her special and merely pays lip service to the first one’s worldview, representing the antagonists as generically incompetent hedonists.
—Michael Ordoña, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strips
Noun
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Instead of shredded carrots, ribbons of carrots give this sweet, crunchy salad a makeover.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2026
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Festivities typically include parades, street food, block parties, mariachi competitions, and baile folklórico, or folkloric ballet, with whirling dancers wearing bright, ruffled dresses and their hair tied with shiny ribbons.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Because the images rotate at a screen-saver pace, my advice would be to focus on the preparatory drawings and cartoons, which are like sparks thrown off some great, beautiful machine.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Quiñones often took inspiration from cartoons and comic books, painting dragons or, most famously, Howard the Duck.—
Paula Aceves,
Curbed,
20 Apr. 2026
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By misclassifying these workers as independent contractors, says the complaint, Campbell’s deprives them of the bundle of rights employees enjoy, including minimum wage, overtime, expense reimbursement and sick pay.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The Department of the Interior’s decision to remove the exhibit deprives park visitors of a full and accurate understanding of American history.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
6 Mar. 2026
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The memo even explicitly bans Stars and Stripes from publishing comic strips.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2026
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Besides brewery ads, comic strips, editorials and history lessons all leaned into this idea.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Strips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strips. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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