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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
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
DiMaria says it can be grilled or pan-seared, then cut into strips or cubes for a main dish.
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Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
20 June 2026
The county has expanded the number of monthly buprenorphine injections and daily Suboxone strips dispensed to patients in custody in recent years, but routine budget restrictions continue to precipitate delays in treatment, according to Correctional Health Services.
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Gavin J. Quinton,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Officers attempted to use spike strips to end the pursuit before asking for permission to use a PIT maneuver.
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Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Ticker tape, the paper strips that transmitted stock market data, was just being phased out at the financial firms that lined Lower Broadway in Manhattan the last time the New York Knicks won an NBA championship 53 years ago.
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Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
Empty cans, crushed cups, paper plates, napkins, food containers, wristbands, bottles and strips of orange-and-blue confetti covered crosswalks and curb lanes.
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C.j. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
Local organizations like Harm Reduction Ohio are pushing for more drug-checking services, education, and greater accessibility to testing strips and lifesaving medications like naloxone, a drug that is used to reverse an opioid overdose.
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Jonathan Moens — Bellingcat,
STAT,
18 June 2026
After bacon strips were wrapped around her ear for 5 to 10 minutes, the maggots clung to the bacon and could be removed.
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Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2026
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2026
During the same period, comparable sales, a measure of organic growth that strips out the impact of new store openings, declined by 7%.
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Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
But economists have been taking comfort in an underlying inflation measure that strips out food and energy prices.
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Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Guardianship is a life-altering and often permanent legal process that strips disabled adults of control over their life decisions.
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Emily Hoerner,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
If Anthropic maintains safety provisions and OpenAI strips them away, OpenAI gets the contracts and the future advantage.
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Michael Gregory,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
The job category, initially called Schedule F and now called Schedule Policy/Career, strips these federal workers of protections meant to prevent political interference.
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Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
3 June 2026
From there, the ornamentation strips back, room by room, evolving with the narrative of the album.
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Angela Tafoya,
Architectural Digest,
29 May 2026
Attorney Adam Moskowitz, who’s won billion in class action suits against corporations, warns that the system once again strips rights from investors.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
Noun
Many of America’s busiest air traffic control towers still rely on paper flight strips to track aircraft movements.
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Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
DiMaria says it can be grilled or pan-seared, then cut into strips or cubes for a main dish.
—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
20 June 2026
The county has expanded the number of monthly buprenorphine injections and daily Suboxone strips dispensed to patients in custody in recent years, but routine budget restrictions continue to precipitate delays in treatment, according to Correctional Health Services.
—
Gavin J. Quinton,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Officers attempted to use spike strips to end the pursuit before asking for permission to use a PIT maneuver.
—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Ticker tape, the paper strips that transmitted stock market data, was just being phased out at the financial firms that lined Lower Broadway in Manhattan the last time the New York Knicks won an NBA championship 53 years ago.
—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
Empty cans, crushed cups, paper plates, napkins, food containers, wristbands, bottles and strips of orange-and-blue confetti covered crosswalks and curb lanes.
—
C.j. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
Local organizations like Harm Reduction Ohio are pushing for more drug-checking services, education, and greater accessibility to testing strips and lifesaving medications like naloxone, a drug that is used to reverse an opioid overdose.
—
Jonathan Moens — Bellingcat,
STAT,
18 June 2026
After bacon strips were wrapped around her ear for 5 to 10 minutes, the maggots clung to the bacon and could be removed.
—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2026
Verb
The nanofiltration strips almost all of the minerals away.
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Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2026
During the same period, comparable sales, a measure of organic growth that strips out the impact of new store openings, declined by 7%.
—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
But economists have been taking comfort in an underlying inflation measure that strips out food and energy prices.
—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Guardianship is a life-altering and often permanent legal process that strips disabled adults of control over their life decisions.
—
Emily Hoerner,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
If Anthropic maintains safety provisions and OpenAI strips them away, OpenAI gets the contracts and the future advantage.
—
Michael Gregory,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
The job category, initially called Schedule F and now called Schedule Policy/Career, strips these federal workers of protections meant to prevent political interference.
—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
3 June 2026
From there, the ornamentation strips back, room by room, evolving with the narrative of the album.
—
Angela Tafoya,
Architectural Digest,
29 May 2026
Attorney Adam Moskowitz, who’s won billion in class action suits against corporations, warns that the system once again strips rights from investors.
—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strips
Noun
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These feature ribbons of hot pink, yellow, and orange, topped with 3D gel.
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After all, Boy George is the performer who arrived in the early '80s in a swirl of makeup, ribbons and gender-blurring style that a lot of the culture found genuinely alarming when visible, joyful androgyny read as provocation to the status quo.
Noun
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Most people know Nickelodeon for cartoons these days, but in the ‘90s, the channel was just as likely to host teen favorites like Clarissa Explains It All and other live-action shows like Gullah Gullah Island.
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There were cartoons while dressing children, evening news while cooking dinner, and, before bed, families watched mutely as onscreen families laughed and talked.
Verb
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Cleage gives the women plenty of substance, though her novelistic mode — more telling than showing — deprives her drama of style.
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This decline deprives teens of vital skill development, work experience, and motivation, fostering pessimism among Gen Z.
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The memo even explicitly bans Stars and Stripes from publishing comic strips.
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Besides brewery ads, comic strips, editorials and history lessons all leaned into this idea.
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“Strips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strips. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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