cope 1 of 2

noun

Definition of copenext
as in veil
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth committed their nefarious deeds under the dark cope of night

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verb

ˈkōp How to pronounce cope (audio)
as in to manage
to meet one's day-to-day needs a young man learning to cope on his own at college

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Recent Examples of cope
Noun
The most marvelous of all the vestments is a cope embroidered in a workshop in Genoa in the late 17th century. — Sarah Kozlowski, Dallas Morning News, 21 Mar. 2026 You can’t even get properly offended by Jordan because the cope is so transparent. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
To cope with the intensity of these experiences, Kusama turned to drawing, a practice that would become the foundation of her artistic life. — Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026 About 50% reached a physiological strain index of 6 or greater on a 0-to-10 scale that combines heart rate and core temperature to measure how hard the body is working to cope with heat. — Julian L. Gallegos, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cope
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cope
  1. veil
  2. manage
  3. shroud
  4. do
  5. cloak
  6. survive
  7. blanket
  8. mask
Noun
  • The jeweler recently posted up-close photos of the ring on Instagram, as well as a snap of Lee wearing a white veil and kissing Posty’s head while showing off the sparkling rock on her finger to the camera.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The bride wore a sleeveless, knee-length A-line frock, paired with a short tulle veil and simple white heels.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of veil
Verb
  • With much of the country's economy geared toward its lucrative and well-managed fishing industry, fishing rights have been a talking point in the run-up to the referendum.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Rebecca Sanders, a national safety practice leader at the transportation consulting firm Fehr & Peers, led a 2019 report at Arizona State University and Toole Design looking at various strategies used across the country to manage speed.
    — Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of manage
Noun
  • The secrecy mandate in state law shrouds more than just the financial details of a project.
    — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • While music from the Campari Lounge boomed into the evening, approximately 100 demonstrators unwound a shroud bearing the names of 60,000 people who have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war two and a half years ago.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of shroud
Verb
  • As Korean growth picks up, President Lee Jae Myung could be excused for thinking his job as an economic reformer is done.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Quarterback Jack Strand made the Atlanta Falcons’ initial 53-man roster Sunday, and running back Tyler Goodson did not.
    — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of do
Noun
  • The sculpture depicts a female figure, her cloak billowing out in the shape of a seed around her and etched with more than 300 global symbols of peace, holding olive branches and surrounded by six children, each representing a continent.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Accompanying the drones will be a suite of musical scores and dialogue from the films, as well as a live performance by an electric violinist (dressed in a wizard’s cloak) to help amplify the soundtrack.
    — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of cloak
Verb
  • However, The Next Web analyzed the upcoming phase of tariffs and noted that the Commerce Department submitted a report on July 1 that would determine if the data center exemption would survive.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • For years, Goop’s restaurant existed almost entirely as a delivery operation, a ghost kitchen with food engineered to still be delicious after surviving the trip to your door.
    — Alexis Benveniste, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of survive
Noun
  • Without a direct and blanket statement in the tradition providing a rationale, European and Indian scholars have proposed a variety of theories to explain Hindu divine morphology.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Second, tritium does not occur naturally in meaningful quantities, meaning reactors must breed their own fuel by bombarding lithium-bearing blankets with neutrons.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of blanket
Noun
  • Anonymous English rock band mixes metalcore with electronica while performing in masks.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The excessive proliferation of totems and masks as decor is more closely associated with Beachcomber offshoots and descendants in the ’50s and ’60s.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
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