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as in streak

a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background the United States flag has seven red stripes

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a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common singers of every stripe will perform at the benefit concert

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ˈstrīp

as in swipe

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument the prisoner was sentenced to receive 20 stripes with a bamboo pole

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verb

as in to streak

to make stripes on the children carefully striped the paper with red and blue paint

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Ahead of the holidays, talent agencies traditionally pin agent stripes on young staffers, most of them coming out of agencies’ trainee programs. —

Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024 At the start of the war, frontline soldiers commonly wore the stars and stripes pinned to their chests. —

Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024

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Our table featured a pink and red striped tablecloth (one long piece of fabric!), ceramics by local artisans, and wildflowers from the surrounding area. —

Iman Hariri-Kia, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024 My absolute favorite find of the season is this Mary Orton x Addison Bay striped one. —

Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stripe