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strip

[strip] / strɪp /




VERB
remove clothes erotically
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Instead of his house, we were at a New Age event venue in a strip mall that also contains an apothecary, a dry cleaner, and a head shop.

From Slate Sep. 22, 2026

"Simplified models can inadvertently strip away the very stabilizing effect we want to capture."

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

Louise Haigh, Burnham's deputy, has vowed to "strip out needless bureaucracy" from government more generally, citing an example of there being three public consultations between 2019 and 2023 on whether to microchip cats.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

What do Tommy and Tuppence, Harry Potter, “Anne of Green Gables” and the old comic strip “Gasoline Alley” have in common?

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The Washington Park racetrack sat on a verdant strip of land along the city’s southwestern edge, within walking distance of both the Fair’s Midway Plaisance and the University of Chicago.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Last September, a suspect stripped a bronze marker from a beachside memorial for lifeguard pioneer Vincent G. Moorhouse, who is credited with modernizing the local lifeguard service, in Huntington Beach.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

In 2023, the International Olympic Committee stripped Kremlev’s IBA of its role organizing Olympic boxing.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

The storm, which churned the waters of the Pacific over the last week, stripped sand off the beach, making it no longer safe to hold the festival there, the city said.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Mauricio Pochettino believes Chelsea should be stripped of the Premier League title for 2016-17, when his Tottenham team finished runners-up.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

When everything else has been stripped away, the only options remaining are fight or flight.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Forget the fines and suspensions, most hurtful to fans is the league stripping the Clippers of five first-round draft picks, from 2029 through 2033.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

In an interview with MarketWatch, Palfrey pointed out that S&P 500 earnings per share jumped 55% in the second quarter, or a still-impressive 35% when stripping out unrealized gains.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

The findings suggest that drugs designed to target HSF1 could potentially reduce the thickness of the glycocalyx, stripping away some of the protection that allows cancer cells to avoid immune surveillance.

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

Speaking to LBC on Sunday, Sir James said Burnham was "stripping hundreds of millions of pounds out of the budget of London councils".

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Shay looked away, stripping off the rest of her disguise in silence.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

But an eel can only be once skinned in its life, and even the skin, stript from its writhing body, was supposed to possess a “virtue.”

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by James Conway Walter

We say now, if any one had stolen his corpse, he would not have stript him, for theft loves no delay.

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric

Then stript his robe, exclaiming—“Here the breast “Still for your good employ'd.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard

Feathertop, likewise, had looked towards the mirror, and there beheld, not the glittering mockery of his outside show, but a picture of the sordid patchwork of his real composition, stript of all witchcraft.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various

He was declared infamous, incapable of obtaining dignities, stript of the habit and cross of his order, and banished from Madrid, Valladolid, and Toro, but was prohibited from quitting the kingdom.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente




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