How to Use stratify in a Sentence

stratify

verb

• But what caused those initial high melt rates, which first caused the waters to stratify?
  — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2018
• Plant these as a winter sowing or cold stratify them for spring planting.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2024
• To get started, cold stratify the seeds for two to three months before spring planting.
  — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 1 May 2026
• In most places, the currents were sluggish, and close to the ice the water was stratified.
  — Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
• Three groups, stratified among the four front-runners, six in the next tier, and 10 basement dwellers.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 18 July 2019
• One method to stratify milkweed seeds is to place them on a moist paper towel in a plastic baggie.
  — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2023
• Two teams that pulled off second-round wins against slightly higher seeds show just how stratified the women’s game is at this moment.
  — Jordan Brenner, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
• The seeds stratify over the winter, which encourages them to germinate next spring.
  — Anna Groves, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2018
• Kaushal said lakes in the Midwest tend to stratify during the summer and then mix when the weather gets cooler.
  — Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• For one thing, post-stratifying on party ID is something that any pollster can do.
  — Andrew Gelman, Washington Post, 17 July 2017
• Without air currents to move it, the heat will stratify in the highest places as stay there, which warms the stove room nicely but doesn't help with the rest of the house.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 19 Sep. 2019
• Dinner choices, like so many things right now, feel increasingly stratified.
  — Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
• To increase germination rates, cold stratify the seeds in milk jug greenhouses at least one month before your last frost date.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2026
• For now, the field has stratified into the billionaire and the socialist, and everyone else.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2020
• But in years with low ice cover, the lakes warm up faster and stratify earlier, Fujisaki Manome said.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023
• The melting water stratifies the ocean column, with cold fresh water trapped at the surface and warmer water sitting below.
  — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2018
• Health insurers analyze it to manage costs and stratify patient risk.
  — Seth Joseph, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• Vaccination rates are stratified by age group among adults, with the youngest adults far less vaccinated than those in older age brackets.
  — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
• Those two games should go a long way toward stratifying the crowded NFC West.
  — Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
• Alarmingly, the study also found all the algorithms were worse at stratifying risk for Black men and women than for white.
  — Ambar Castillo, STAT, 22 Feb. 2023
• And the most recent study found that certain blood biomarkers may help researchers stratify patients for different treatments.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
• Ford, who is part of the team that stratified these trials, is trying to weigh the risks and benefits of slowing or halting trials for at least 2 months.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 16 Mar. 2020
• The historical function of members’ clubs — to stratify the city by gender, race or class — persists today.
  — Anna Kodé, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• This first stage gradually phased out as hunter-gatherer groups gave way to societies stratified into rulers and subjects.
  — Longreads, 22 Mar. 2018
• Their cookies resemble little mountains stratified with layers of buttery dough and melty chocolate chips.
  — Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2025
• Peach seeds stratified in the refrigerator can be planted in the garden about one month before the final frost date using these same planting steps.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2024
• This helps to stratify outreach and follow-up, as well as inform capital planning for the next 12 to 18 months.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
• The helium and hydrogen layers will sputter out and reignite, mix together, and stratify.
  — Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2023
• Peach seeds stratified in the refrigerator are planted in the garden about one month before the final frost date using these same planting steps.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
• The heat also causes the waters to stratify sooner—meaning that the colder, heavier water will sink below the warmer, lighter water.
  — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 25 July 2022