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as in type
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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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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Recent Examples of stripe
Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2025
Abercrombie Oversized Poplin Shirt Nothing says spring quite like blue and white stripes.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Feb. 2025
Some are near-alabaster or silvery, others the darkest of greens, and there are variegated choices, striped or mottled in gold or white or silver.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Noun
On Wednesday, the Gophers shot 38% from the field and 32% from 3-point range, but bucked a mostly season-long struggle at the free throw line, going 81% from the stripe.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2025
Abercrombie Oversized Poplin Shirt Nothing says spring quite like blue and white stripes.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
Hardly wide enough to stand on, sometimes as thin as a phone case, teensy balconies have been striping the façades of new, multifamily buildings across Brooklyn and Queens at a rate inversely proportional to their usefulness.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Feb. 2025
Some are near-alabaster or silvery, others the darkest of greens, and there are variegated choices, striped or mottled in gold or white or silver.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Stripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stripe. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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