crossbars

noun

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plural of crossbar
as in pinstripes

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  1. stripes
  2. bands
  3. blazes
Noun
  • The latest ocelot’s spots and stripes gave it away as the same cat that was photographed west of the river, in the Atascosa Highlands, by a Phoenix Zoo research camera earlier this year.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The latest ocelot’s spots and stripes gave it away as the same cat that was photographed west of the river, in the Atascosa Highlands, by a Phoenix Zoo research camera earlier this year.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of stripes
Noun
  • The three-day gathering of music and live bands has drawn some 20,000 music fans to the Near West Side park more or less annually since 2006, save a pandemic year off.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The three-day gathering of music and live bands has drawn some 20,000 music fans to the Near West Side park more or less annually since 2006, save a pandemic year off.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of bands
Noun
  • Medical visits for heart and lung issues in the Baltimore region surged by 20 percent during six days in June 2023, when smoke from Western Canada blazes drifted across the continent, according to the study, published on Friday in JAMA Network Open.
    Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Fires How recent wildfires have primed Malibu and the Santa Monica Mountains for more frequent blazes.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of blazes
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