loop 1 of 2

as in hoop
a circular strip cut the paper into narrow strips, and then paste those into loops

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verb

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Recent Examples of loop
Noun
For the new cell phone lot, why not have a continuous loop of shuttle buses? Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025 This loop shows how much different than normal temperatures will be through Saturday. Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
The driver pulls into a QuikTrip, loops around one of the gas pumps and leaves the parking lot as the officer activates his sirens. Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025 The pipes, which circulate a fluid that absorbs and releases heat, will loop back to up to 69 buildings in a four-block area of West Woodlawn, powering heating and central air. Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for loop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loop
Noun
  • That means clean white jeans, thick hoops, a pair of shades, and your favorite bag.
    Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Hathaway, in particular, was sporting sparkly, ripped pants, a white tee, and a khaki trench coat, topped off with a gold choker and hoop earrings.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Industry leaders understand that quick, transparent action in the face of controversy is often the difference between a reputational crisis that is managed and one that spirals.
    Darius Fisher, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The challenge now: making sure the season’s most disheartening defeat doesn’t spiral something into something extended.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Senators who may put their hat in the ring include Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who hold other positions in Senate Democratic leadership, and Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the powerful Appropriations Committee.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The heavyweight champ of season 15 is back in the ring, ready to knock out the competition!
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Curled under a rock was the tiniest snake ever recorded — slender as spaghetti, small enough to coil on a U.S. quarter.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • It’s been two years since the devastating season 1 finale of The Last of Us, HBO’s adaptation of the 2013 Naughty Dog video game that coiled its tendrils around our throats and yanked us into a bleak apocalypse.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Following the release of their debut LP Up All Night in 2011, the band eventually went on hiatus in 2016 and Payne released his first solo album LP1 three years later.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The Who have parted ways with Zak Starkey, son of Ringo Starr and the band’s drummer since 1996, in what appears to be a dispute over his playing at the group’s concert last month at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • His swirling, circling Ophüls-like camera movements and magenta-to-mauve tonal shifts create an atmosphere sensitive to morning-after regret.
    Armond White, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Several of the words on the back have letters circled in red.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the rematch, Nunes regained the belt and evened the score with a unanimous decision victory in July 2022.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • These winds exist throughout the year across the tropical belt.
    Christophe Lavaysse, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Concave tiles, which curve inward, and convex tiles, which curve outward, are installed at different levels along the seawall.
    Sara Pezeshk, The Conversation, 16 Apr. 2025
  • After completing Slither Housing in 2000, an angular yet gently curved 105-unit apartment building in Japan’s Gifu prefecture, the husband-and-wife team increasingly turned its attentions to cultural architecture.
    Oscar Holland, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Loop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loop. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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