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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 swipes
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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Recent Examples of stripes
Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
The latest ocelot’s spots and stripes gave it away as the same cat that was photographed west of the river, in the Atascosa Highlands, by a Phoenix Zoo research camera earlier this year.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
The latest ocelot’s spots and stripes gave it away as the same cat that was photographed west of the river, in the Atascosa Highlands, by a Phoenix Zoo research camera earlier this year.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
The latest ocelot’s spots and stripes gave it away as the same cat that was photographed west of the river, in the Atascosa Highlands, by a Phoenix Zoo research camera earlier this year.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
The hats, which retail for $50 and feature Sun Day Red’s logo of a leaping tiger with 15 stripes — referencing the 15 majors that Woods has won during his career — have been a best-seller.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 22 Dec. 2024
That includes its first-ever single malt and Crown Royal Blackberry, the latter becoming a near-immediate hit among drinkers of many stripes.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
That includes its first-ever single malt and Crown Royal Blackberry, the latter becoming a near-immediate hit among drinkers of many stripes.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
That includes its first-ever single malt and Crown Royal Blackberry, the latter becoming a near-immediate hit among drinkers of many stripes.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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The latest ocelot’s spots and stripes gave it away as the same cat that was photographed west of the river, in the Atascosa Highlands, by a Phoenix Zoo research camera earlier this year.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
The latest ocelot’s spots and stripes gave it away as the same cat that was photographed west of the river, in the Atascosa Highlands, by a Phoenix Zoo research camera earlier this year.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
The latest ocelot’s spots and stripes gave it away as the same cat that was photographed west of the river, in the Atascosa Highlands, by a Phoenix Zoo research camera earlier this year.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
The latest ocelot’s spots and stripes gave it away as the same cat that was photographed west of the river, in the Atascosa Highlands, by a Phoenix Zoo research camera earlier this year.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
The hats, which retail for $50 and feature Sun Day Red’s logo of a leaping tiger with 15 stripes — referencing the 15 majors that Woods has won during his career — have been a best-seller.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 22 Dec. 2024
That includes its first-ever single malt and Crown Royal Blackberry, the latter becoming a near-immediate hit among drinkers of many stripes.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
That includes its first-ever single malt and Crown Royal Blackberry, the latter becoming a near-immediate hit among drinkers of many stripes.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
That includes its first-ever single malt and Crown Royal Blackberry, the latter becoming a near-immediate hit among drinkers of many stripes.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Stripes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stripes. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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