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How to pronounce stripes in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms chevron, grade insignia, stripe
Type of badge


they earned their stripes in Kuwait.

Examples of stripes

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Matt Cyr painted his face with pink stripes in support of his mother and sister.
From the tennessean.com
Politicians of all stripes, including on the left, have praised France's action.
From the economist.com
On the inside of the piping bag, brush a couple of stripes of gel food coloring.
From the stltoday.com
The French capital has long attracted artists, lovers, romantics of all stripes.
From the inrich.com
Mix solids, stripes and prints when decorating the table to keep things playful.
From the jsonline.com
Behind-the-ear aids in hot pink or royal blue or even with zebra stripes are in.
From the sltrib.com
The car is a black, blue and white Ford Fusion with patriotic stars and stripes.
From the kentucky.com
Voters of all stripes just wanted to give their unpopular governments a kicking.
From the time.com
Change your stripes, but you are still on the opposing side of the Constitution.
From the latimes.com
More examples
  • Mark with stripes
  • Band: an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
  • A piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service
  • Chevron: V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; "they earned their stripes in Kuwait"
  • A kind or category; "businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal"
  • A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"
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  • (Stripes (framework)) Stripes is an open source web application framework based on the model-view-controller pattern. It aims to be a lighterweight framework than Struts by using Java technologies such as annotations and generics that were introduced in Java 1. ...