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strip

[strip] / strɪp /




VERB
remove clothes erotically
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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

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

Former Los Angeles schools superintendent Austin Beutner is trying to stop proposed legislation that he says would allow officials to strip away voter-approved arts-education funding to schools.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

It is key to strip the land of any potential fuel before the fire has a chance to reach it.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The town came to the landing strip, the school band played, and Mr. Weiss gave a short speech.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

If the NBA determines that a salary-cap violation occurred, the Clippers could be fined and stripped of first-round picks.

From Los Angeles Times 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

At the heart of Britain's coin factory, old Bank of England telephones are stripped down and dipped into giant vats to recover a hidden treasure: the gold in their circuits.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

I want to think it again now, but I have been stripped of all certainty.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

Base fees, or what BlackRock collects from clients for managing their money, rose 8% from a year earlier when stripping out the impact of market moves.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 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

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

Energy prices are the main culprit, but even when stripping those out along with food costs, core CPI is expected to increase 2.9%.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

It feels like a lump of granite stuck in the gears of my brain and stripping them raw.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Jones—Now, my lord, we will give an account how she was when she was stript, and they came to view the body.

From State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social by Various

They said, surely we will return with thee unto thy people.—And she said—nay—I have nothing to offer you: I go back to my country stript of friends, and substance.

From Gleanings by the Way by Clark, John A.

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 Gaebelein, Arno Clemens

So, after three years of exercise, the right of signature was to be stript from Seraphina.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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 Walter, James Conway




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