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Recent Examples of stratification
Some plants that need this process, called cold stratification, include milkweed, purple coneflower, black-eyed Susan and redbud, among many others.
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Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Wait until soil cools in fall to sow seeds, which require a period of cold temperatures, called stratification, to germinate.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025
The poll notes that the survey’s sampling error is difficult to precisely calculate due to sample stratification and other factors, but is likely at 2 percentage points.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
Olfactory stratification is a fragrance technique at the heart of Massimiliano Torti's philosophy.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Wait until soil cools in fall to sow seeds, which require a period of cold temperatures, called stratification, to germinate.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 Nov. 2025
The poll notes that the survey’s sampling error is difficult to precisely calculate due to sample stratification and other factors, but is likely at 2 percentage points.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
Olfactory stratification is a fragrance technique at the heart of Massimiliano Torti's philosophy.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stratification
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Connecticut, unfortunately, has carved out its own niche in the lowest efficiency quadrant of this hierarchy.—
Lou Rinaldi,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2026
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Their hierarchy simply wasn’t ever going to support the manager to the level required.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Small, raised rubber dots cover the toe and forefoot, then repeat in clustered groupings along the sides.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Expect offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to run Stevenson inside, where the Broncos are a little softer than other areas against the run, especially versus groupings with six offensive linemen; a staple of the Pats’ recent game plans.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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The people who live in these slums are at the bottom rung of India’s brutal caste and religious hierarchy.—
Saumya Roy,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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Key themes include politics, colonialism, technology, issues of caste and gender, and Nature as a driving force; young bilingual writers like Soham Guha are playing with such themes in two languages.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Dec. 2025
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The menace to competition, says Singh, comes at the infrastructure stratum.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
23 Nov. 2025
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All of it just another stratum in the atmosphere of my loneliness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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In addition to where in the stadium tickets can purchased, Razorback Foundation donor levels and priority points also dictate how parking passes around the stadium are distributed and how many tickets are available for purchase in certain sections.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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The yen touched its strongest level since October in US trading Tuesday after comments from Japanese officials, including just recently the finance minister, fueled speculation that the government may intervene in the market to prevent the currency from resuming its decline.—
Mia Glass,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Stratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stratification. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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