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Recent Examples of stratificationSnapdragon seeds need to go through cold stratification or seed satisfaction to help with the germination process.—Lauren David, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025 Many parts, moreover, represent moments of liminality, in which socioeconomic (and, by extension, moral) stratifications are blurred, strained, and volatile.—Sarah C. Schaefer, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025 Mickey 17’s examination of the cruelty of social stratification immediately brings to mind the Oscar-winning Parasite, while its depiction of the sexualized perversity of upper-class excess has hints of Snowpiercer.—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025 This method—called cold stratification—only requires a few weeks to a month in your freezer before the poppy seeds are ready to plant.—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stratification
When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
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NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
30 June 2025
In another blow to China’s push to become a regional leader, India on Thursday rejected signing a joint statement facilitated by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization—one such grouping set up by China and Russia to counter U.S. influence.
Mishra sums it up by saying that nobody outside of India gets the concept of caste (without denying that privileged upper caste Indians don’t get it either).
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Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
Led by the example of captain Aleksander Barkov, there is no caste system evident, no star-system in attitude.
Modern maps lay down stratum after stratum of recommendation.
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Sonya Bennett-Brandt,
AFAR Media,
25 June 2025
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.
Lower birth weights place babies at a greater risk of health problems, from immediate issues like low oxygen levels to long-term difficulties that range from metabolic to cognitive to neurodevelopment impairments, per the study.
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Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
At high levels, free radicals trigger what’s known as oxidative stress, which can damage cell DNA and increase your risk of conditions like heart disease and diabetes.78
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