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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
Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Trump this month proposed the US taking ownership of Gaza and moving Palestinians out of the devastated strip permanently, triggering a storm of protest.
—Jennifer Hansler, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2025
No matter that soldiers too young on their glad
desperate way out of history stripped down
right on the streets of Budapest.
—Marianne Boruch, The New York Review of Books, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Central in Egypt’s proposal is the establishment of a Palestinian administration that is not aligned with either Hamas or the Palestinian Authority to run the strip and oversee the reconstruction efforts, according to the two Egyptian officials involved in the efforts.
—Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
Trump this month proposed the US taking ownership of Gaza and moving Palestinians out of the devastated strip permanently, triggering a storm of protest.
—Jennifer Hansler, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
Verb
Singapore’s core inflation, which strips out accommodation and private transport costs, edged up 0.8% year on year in January, government data showed.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2025
No matter that soldiers too young on their glad
desperate way out of history stripped down
right on the streets of Budapest.
—Marianne Boruch, The New York Review of Books, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strip
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Enthusiasm among the Lee’s Summit firefighters has been favorable with the first training taking place just one day after the Oct. 10 ribbon cutting, known as a Hose Uncoupling Ceremony among fire departments.—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2025
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Luxurious development Officials cut the ribbon Feb. 13 on Avelle, a luxury apartment community at the gateway to Mountain View.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
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The show also announced that Alan Cumming will have a guest role in the season’s second episode, voicing a cartoon character named Mr. Ring-A-Ding who breaks out of his celluloid world.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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Spiteful buys plain aluminum cans and applies an array of colorful cartoon labels during the packaging process to market its portfolio.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Investigators found videos of the girls showering and undressing on Dutton’s phone spanning from February 2021 to March 2023.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
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Shortly after, the lawsuit says, Gaiman undressed himself and started to bathe with her.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Syria, Iran’s main regional partner, is now run not by Iranian ally Bashar al-Assad but by an anti-Iranian coalition that has deprived Tehran of its land bridge to Lebanon.—
Philip H. Gordon,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Feb. 2025
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Kennedy has his eye on two things: the health of the American people and the corruption in DC that has deprived the American people of good health.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
18 Feb. 2025
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What: The exhibition will include works of art and memorabilia items as well as activities such as comic strip drawing, coloring, paper airplane making and photo opportunities.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
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And Lynch was an avid painter and visual artist, who exhibited his work around the world and spent nearly a decade drawing his own comic strip, The Angriest Dog in the World.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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The 30-year-old beauty — who appeared naked after disrobing out of a black fur coat to reveal a body-hugging, see-through micro dress — will not be legally charged for indecent exposure or other offenses.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Shelly is with her, and the two dissect Shelly’s dismal love life as Annette disrobes.—
Rhonda Garelick,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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The comic is currently touring nationwide on his Can’t Stop Talking Tour and is set to release a cookbook, Your Pasta Sucks, in April.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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The limited-edition 56-page comic reflects themes found in her album and was drawn by Japanese illustrator and animator Minomiyabi.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strip. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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