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as in cartoon
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 to undress
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 to deprive
to take something away from
an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority
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Recent Examples of strip
Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
And if the tech scales globally, millions of pregnancy tests, disease-detection strips, and farm-diagnostic kits could end their decades-long dependence on petroleum plastics.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 10 Jan. 2026
One afternoon Camacho paused on a trail and stripped the shoots of the duroia tree to reveal tiny ants living inside.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The facility lacked ammonia test strips.
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It’s been months since ex-Prince Andrew was stripped of his official titles, but his drama with the royal family isn’t done yet.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for strip
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The texture of the ice cream, that came out in a continuous ribbon, was luxuriously smooth and not at all soupy or icy.—
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Renowned for their fun shape yet tooth-cracking texture that hardened with each passing day in the dish, ribbon candy was often a holiday season staple for many households.—
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Our daughter learnt how to draw comic strips with an Athenian cartoon artist and was keen to try the photography course and stargazing.—
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When people make cartoons, one person draws it, another adds color, and someone else turns it into motion art.—
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By comparison, the five other leading websites for sexualized deepfakes averaged 79 new AI undressing images hourly during the same period.—
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The rollout resulted in a flood of AI deepfakes undressing women and, in some instances, children.—
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Chauvin pleaded guilty to willfully depriving, while acting under color of law, Floyd's constitutional rights, as well as the rights of a 14-year-old boy.—
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An attorney for the states said withholding funding would cause chaos by depriving families who rely on it.—
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Our daughter learnt how to draw comic strips with an Athenian cartoon artist and was keen to try the photography course and stargazing.—
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Blondie Boopadoop was, like Betty, a young flapper, and the central character of Chic Young’s newspaper comic strip that debuted in 1930.—
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The retooling emperor has been disrobed and rightly ridiculed by those far enough removed from the halls of power to speak plainly, the truth now apparent for all to see.—
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The intro music for the sultry song comes on … and Elphaba begins to disrobe.—
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Network talk show, then wooed the comic by sending her copious bouquets.—
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The comic confirmed the news of their split on her Instagram in December.—
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“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strip. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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