strip
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The government says its changes will strip back bureaucracy and improve patient safety.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Seated on the overpass on a swelteringly hot day, the 32-year-old said he picked his particular strip of sidewalk for the shade it gets from the elevated 110 Freeway carpool lane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
If you have a trusted artificial-intelligence program, you could strip your statements of any personally identifiable information and drop them into the program.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Recognizable by a subtle sparkly strip hidden inside a collar or on an aglet at the end of a drawstring cord, Cucinelli’s luxury clothing brand employs a muted palette of tans and grays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
They search the man, strip him bare, run fingers through his hair.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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In France, where the eclipse will be partial, some pharmacies have been stripped of their supplies while others were still receiving shipments -- and charging significantly more.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Related: ‘Her bank accounts were stripped bare by Medicaid’: My late friend had $20,000 in credit-card debt.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Over time, the larger galaxy may have stripped away nearly all of the smaller galaxy's stars, leaving only its dense central core and black hole behind.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
A reporter at the Times Herald covered my crime, stripped of context, affording neither of us humanity.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
The two boys stripped off their school uniforms and jumped into the pond.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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It is stripping away benefits that until now were included anytime you bought one of these tickets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has issued a warning that stripping private enforcement is on the table for this court.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
After stripping out votes by Palantir insiders and early investors, support surged to 56%, according to the filers’ calculations.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
However, analysts worry that stripping Zelensky of the order may lead to a major diplomatic rupture that can have serious repercussions for both countries.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
He took charge, stripping away the right to strike and appointing Judge Samuel Alschuler as federal administrator to arbitrate all disputes between the packers and the union.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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So proudly boasting, to submit I scorn'd; “But stript my sea-green robe, my arms oppos'd, “And held my firm-clench'd hands before my breast; “For stout resistance every limb prepar'd, “To meet the fight.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard
But when we are shown the mystic way that leads to schoolrooms, we find them stript, as it were, for service.
From The Story of a Life by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis
What has stript the seeming beauty From the idols of the earth?
From The Lord of Glory Meditations on the person, the work and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ by Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Some quaintness of the vocabulary has been got rid of—some dialogue has been stript of its redundancy—some few thoughts have been added—and others retrenched.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
They were beating it also with stript branches, making night radiant with a thousand sparks.
From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Maud Diver
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