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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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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
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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 28 Mar. 2025.

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