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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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verb

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

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The double ridges observed around the tiger stripe may also provide an additional line of evidence for shear heating. Victoria Corless, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025 Following his promotion-winning season from Serie B, Fabregas is earning his stripes in the top flight: Como impressively sits in 13th place, seven points above the relegation zone, and has beaten some of the best teams in the division. David Ferrini, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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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 See All Example Sentences for stripe

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“Stripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stripe. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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