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Recent Examples of striped
Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2025
The gondoliers at Gondola Romantica all wear black pants or shorts, a striped shirt and a straw hat with a red ribbon.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
While sold out in most colorways, this shopper-favorite pick is still available in a classic grey and white-striped option.
—Kelsey Fredricks, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Bass can be any species called bass such as largemouth bass, striped bass or white bass.
—Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2025
The gondoliers at Gondola Romantica all wear black pants or shorts, a striped shirt and a straw hat with a red ribbon.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
Verb
Discover Madewell’s striped and Uniqlo’s pale blue 100% cotton options, Zara’s chocolate brown shirt with a rounded hem, and Everlane’s oversized black iteration, crafted from Tencel.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
While sold out in most colorways, this shopper-favorite pick is still available in a classic grey and white-striped option.
—Kelsey Fredricks, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for striped
Adjective
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One of his images features a mostly dry riverbed, its sand mysteriously streaked.—
Alex Cuadros,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025
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Then, the plant emits some sort of gas right into Devin’s face, and his mug once again becomes streaked in black.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There’s broad agreement the native owls are at risk, but the animal rights organizations behind the opposition letter this week say killing barred owls is not the answer.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2024
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Dogs and buzzards fought over a dead cat in the middle of the street, directly across from an officer who watched the ferocious struggle from a barred window, twirling the ends of his moustache.—
Alexander Sammon,
Harper's Magazine,
25 July 2022
Adjective
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The matching set also includes straight-leg pants with banded hems, a drawstring waist, and side pockets.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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In the very heart of the plateau, the Ancestral Pueblo people wedged brick dwellings directly into the banded cliffs.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Striped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striped. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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