Stars and Stripes

American  

noun

1. the national flag of the U.S., consisting of 13 horizontal stripes that are alternately red and white, representing the original states, and of a blue field containing 50 white stars, representing the present states.

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Stars and Stripes British  

noun

1. Also known as: the Star-Spangled Banner.  (functioning as singular) the national flag of the United States of America, consisting of 50 white stars representing the present states on a blue field and seven red and six white horizontal stripes representing the original states

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Stars and Stripes Cultural  

1. The national flag of the United States. Its fifty stars represent the fifty states; its thirteen stripes represent the thirteen colonies that became the original states.

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Stars and Stripes

A US Supreme Court decision has ruled that burning the US national flag is protected under the First Amendment, invalidating state laws against desecrating the Stars and Stripes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

Then the two men walked arm-in-arm while a band played the Stars and Stripes, and Turkish air force jets performed a flypast overhead, trailing red, white and blue smoke.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

John Philip Sousa’s triumphant “The Stars and Stripes Forever”—the finest and most famous American march—helped cement his reputation as the nation’s first musical superstar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

But not long after the policy was enacted, neighbors in the San Diego County community started getting letters about their Stars and Stripes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

The army paper Stars and Stripes was full of the truce talks in Paris, but the war was still going on.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers