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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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PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
Related article Secret to how quickly clownfish gets its stripes revealed by latest study
The team also found that clownfish which shrank at the same time as their breeding partner had a higher chance of survival.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 12 May 2025
Kevin and Kate Love Kevin Love wears a Brunello Cucinelli white button-down polo with gray striped pants and Kate Love wears a Brunello Cucinelli striped blue shirt and white blazer with white trousers.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 6 May 2025
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Noun
It's adorned with a gold stripe across the front, which contrasts nicely with the black accents.
—PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
Related article Secret to how quickly clownfish gets its stripes revealed by latest study
The team also found that clownfish which shrank at the same time as their breeding partner had a higher chance of survival.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
Verb
In my mind’s eye, tourists and chickens alike relaxed on the beach, watching waves stripe the ocean like corduroy.
—Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 12 May 2025
Kevin and Kate Love Kevin Love wears a Brunello Cucinelli white button-down polo with gray striped pants and Kate Love wears a Brunello Cucinelli striped blue shirt and white blazer with white trousers.
—Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stripe
streak
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Evander Kane added to Edmonton’s lead midway through the second period, streaking down the left halfwall and firing a shot that deflected off a sliding defenseman’s skate and past Adin Hill.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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Time to roll out your picnic blanket and unfold those lawn chairs: A meteor shower is set to streak across the (very) early morning sky on May 6.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
5 May 2025
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“Stripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stripe. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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