STRIPT (DOWN) Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

stripped (down)

verb

variants also stript (down)

past tense of strip (down)

as in pruned

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But this year the shrub and tree forms, pruned and unpruned, are full of colorful clusters of blooms.

— Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026
Scott adds that climbing roses should be fertilized in the spring and pruned in late winter.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026

Definition of pruned

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Keren’s approach—refined through dozens of iterations, tested on skin, and developed with global precision via perfumer networks—is deeply personal and culturally attuned.

— Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Every season of Industry has refined the series, asked more of its stars, and accurately spit at some of our culture’s biggest pain points.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2026

Definition of refined

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These categories complicate what can otherwise be oversimplified.

— Matthew Alemu, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
Black voters make up roughly one-third of Georgia's electorate, and analysts have long viewed Black men as an important — though often oversimplified — voting bloc with priorities that include economic opportunity, public safety, education, health care, and quality-of-life issues.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 7 June 2026

Definition of oversimplified

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Newsom trimmed California’s initial commitment to local newsrooms in the program’s first year from $100 million, with $55 million coming from Google, to $10 million, from the state and Google each, in response to budgetary constraints.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Bernstein even trimmed it to Market Perform recently on some near-term demand caution.

— Todd Gordon, CNBC, 14 July 2026

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