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hoop

noun

ˈhüp

Definition of hoop

as in loop

a circular strip made Christmas garlands from hoops of red and green construction paper

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Recent Examples of hoop Getting into the second-best hoops league in the world is difficult enough; staying there is even more so. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026 With the Philadelphia 76ers scrimmaging, Joel Embiid stripped the basketball from Dominick Barlow underneath the hoop. — Tony Jones, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Inspired by Parton’s iconic flashy feminine style, Musgraves wore a formfitting hot-pink sparkly dress with feather trimming, silver hoop earrings, and purple eye shadow. — Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026 Uber allegedly forced customers to jump through 32 hoops across 23 screens just to cancel their loyalty subscription. — Lindsay Owens, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hoop

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The 30-minute loop leaves plenty of time for aimless exploration and patient scavenging, but also provides enough pressure to require you to balance cautious patience with aggressive intent.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
Reflecting this, flight paths show the aircraft made two loops to burn fuel before returning to land at LAS, per FlightAware.

— Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of loop

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In 2025, the Baltimore band hosted a hometown show in Wyman Park Dell to raise money for the nonprofit Health Care for the Homeless, a Maryland nonprofit that provides medical care and housing assistance for people experiencing homelessness.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026
In the deal announced earlier this month with Grain Management, SpaceX agreed to buy low-band, 800 MHz spectrum that penetrates windows and walls.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2026

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His affect matches his typical attire on the trail—a Red Sox cap, a fleece vest, his cell phone on a belt clip.

— Julia Terruso, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
The actor wore a long black leather coat over a simple black tank, paired with straight-leg blue jeans cinched with a leather belt.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026

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Private investors can sometimes trade their shares, but the market is less liquid, with the payoff coming when a company is sold, taken public, or raises a new round of funding.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in March that the previous disruptions of negotiating rounds had increased distrust in Washington.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

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