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as in to stack
to form or arrange parts or pieces of something on top of each other; to form or arrange (something) in layers
The next step in the recipe is to layer the pasta and the sauce in the pan. We layered the fruit with whipped cream and served it with cookies.
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Recent Examples of layer
James Peckham, PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
Fluoride helps protect teeth by making the hard outer layer—the enamel—more resistant to acid attacks by bacteria and sugars.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 14 May 2025
Melissa Noel, Essence, 8 May 2025
Black skillfully layers the tension in each chapter as Ellie learns more about the retreat’s attendees and their devotion to Galen, who seems to have no past other than what’s mentioned on the retreat’s website.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
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Noun
The layoffs are confirmed across the business at various seniority levels and locations, but the main focus is to reduce management layers.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
Fluoride helps protect teeth by making the hard outer layer—the enamel—more resistant to acid attacks by bacteria and sugars.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 14 May 2025
Verb
From pocket watches and pearls to jackets adorned with vintage tie pins, every accessory was layered with meaning.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 8 May 2025
Black skillfully layers the tension in each chapter as Ellie learns more about the retreat’s attendees and their devotion to Galen, who seems to have no past other than what’s mentioned on the retreat’s website.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for layer
Noun
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Why are kids obsessed with these nonsense-sounding words and saying them on seemingly endless loops?—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
12 May 2025
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Regions with better access to water reuse systems and efficient cooling loops may now leapfrog others in attracting next-generation AI clusters.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Noun
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So there’s one level of daunting that’s the subway, right?—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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Its level of finesse invites certain comparisons to Tatiana, the glittering Lincoln Center restaurant run by Kwame Onwuachi, another chef asserting the haute-cuisine artistry of food born of Black cultures.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
Verb
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With that, the team has noticed an array of trends arising, particularly in terms of what brands and products are most often stacked.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
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Ben Roethlisberger’s rookie offense was also stacked.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The corrugation process guarantees that the containers are robust and lightweight, which is necessary for stacking and transportation in an efficient manner.—
CMG Containers,
Sun Sentinel,
1 May 2024
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Electrons in today’s graphene can move up to a micrometer before getting scattered by imperfections, such as corrugations in the surface of the material or grain boundaries between adjacent crystal patches.—
Chun-Yung Sung,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Jan. 2012
Noun
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Those are totals that most elite talents of Draisaitl’s ilk around the NHL would gladly take, and almost any other player outside that tier would be thrilled to have.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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The highest tier, which is $20.99 a month, includes the ability to stream on four devices and offers 4K Ultra HD video quality and 100 downloads.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Those firsts continue to pile up with Edwards and Co. Here the Wolves are, back again, just as Edwards suspected.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
15 May 2025
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Markets soared on the China news Monday, recouping all the losses that had piled up after the president’s April 2 tariff rollout.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Fortunately, companies and brands that use premium cashmere will usually have information on their websites; generally speaking, the more details provided — length of fibers, ply, and gauge — the better the sweater.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2025
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As such, birch ply sees a return to favor, with many of the components being fashioned from the popular build material.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Many activists came to see the old working class and their trade unions as a privileged stratum that demonstrated little sympathy for the plight of immigrants and racial minorities.—
Francis Fukuyama,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2018
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Each stratum of plants will be lit with twenty 250-watt T5s suspended about half a meter above the plants, for a total of 300 bulbs per floor.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 June 2013
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“Layer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layer. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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