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

On Aug. 21 the Pentagon fired the publisher, editor-in-chief and a reporter at Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper that has been reporting on American troops since the Civil War.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

He was flying the Stars and Stripes outside his home on Tuesday and said he has asked the US embassy to keep raising his case.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 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

And in 2023, he opted for the Stars and Stripes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

I had read some stuff in Stars and Stripes about Congress expanding the GI Bill.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers