Thesaurus results for STRATUM

stratum

noun

ˈstrā-təm

Definition of stratum

as in class

one of the segments of society into which people are grouped the lower strata of society have been hit especially hard by this economic downturn

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as in level

the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement the level of writing in that pop novel is several strata beneath that of serious fiction

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Recent Examples of stratum Four men hijack a subway and demand a million-dollar ransom, setting off a chain of events that touches every stratum of city life. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 That stratum consisted mostly of bankers—guys in their 20s and 30s who spent their days moving money around and their nights trying to pretend that the rest of their lives weren’t preordained. — Jimmy Jellinek, SPIN, 28 Apr. 2026 The exhibition begins by presenting three different layers, which are sort of presented as a stratum. — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026 The taco features a stratum of smoke and heat, with the octopus piled onto a fresh corn tortilla with purple onions pickled Yucatan-style with citrus. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stratum

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Noun

Before the five-in-five rule was passed in late June after the NBA Draft, granting five years of eligibility beginning with the 2023 high school class, UConn was seriously considering adding one player who was 23 years old, married with a child.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
What’s masked as a culture war in Florida is actually a class war the billionaires designed to tune us out, but young people are ready to even the scales on Election Day.

— Cameron Driggers, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of class

Noun

The music as a whole seems to reflect all of this moment-to-moment action at a larger structural level, shifting from one overlapping movement to the next according to the same fractal geometry that governs the beat.

— Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
Even longer hair on Tyler and Perry, also blowing in those hurricane-level breezes, with the singer festooned in a beautiful open blouse?

— Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of level

Noun

Narayan, a Dalit tailor, insists on marking his own ballot in an upcoming election instead of allowing an upper-caste landlord’s men to vote on his behalf.

— Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
Abhijeet Dipke, the leader of the Cockroach movement, is a Dalit (lower caste) and initially came in for considerable online abuse over that issue.

— the Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of caste

Noun

Research from the Diamond diversity monitor has revealed the scale of the UK TV industry’s working class problem, and found that the problem infects both the upper and lower echelons of the sector.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026
In London, Yeats tried to keep Crowley out of the upper echelons of Golden Dawn, but Mathers, who had served as a mentor to Crowley and who was based in Paris by then, was willing to initiate him into the inner order, the documentary said.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of echelon

Noun

Typically, the general in the position and their staff are responsible for generating and coordinating military plans for both the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the president.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
There’s likely to be more drama for Democratic positions lower on the ladder, largely for challenges to sitting committee leaders.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of position

Noun

The ranking is the result of an elaborate process which, due to the interval of data-collection and analysis, is a reflection of the last three calendar years.

— TIME Staff, Time, 28 Oct. 2026
Diesel returned to the ranking at 18th place after its viral spring 2027 show, capping off Glenn Martens’ transformative five-year tenure at the label.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of ranking

Noun

The places where Baltzor typically ranges her cattle in the mountains were ravaged by record-size wildfires this summer, robbing them of the grass the herds usually eat.

— Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
While some protests have been banned for security reasons in several cities, including Lyon, Nice and Montpellier, marches are expected in many other places including in Paris and Marseille.

— ELITSA GADEVA, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

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