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stratification

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as in hierarchy

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Recent Examples of stratification Coneflower seeds will germinate best after a period of cold stratification. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026 The Viennese set designer Oskar Strnad saw traditional theaters as agents of social stratification with the imperial box in the center, the bourgeoisie in the parquet, and the hoi polloi in the nosebleed balcony. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026 Anomaly detection, pattern recognition and risk stratification for pregnancy complications are all tractable applications when the underlying data quality is there, and the design keeps a clinician in the decision loop. — Edin Deljkic, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 For one night, all of the stratification of the music world falls away. — ABC News, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for stratification

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Huang had an extraordinary 60 direct reports, as part of a flat structure that favored fast communication over layered hierarchies.

— Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026
News of the club’s hierarchy meeting in Monaco on Wednesday to recommend replacing Carrick created an unnecessary saga that dragged the club legend through the wringer.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026

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Although more than half of the Paleolithic cave-art groupings recorded in Europe are located in the Iberian Peninsula, the study notes that the northeastern region has generally yielded only fragmentary evidence.

— News Desk, Artforum, 6 Nov. 2026
Israel’s largest Arab party grouping declared its support Thursday for Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government, potentially clearing the path for a coalition that excludes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026

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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

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First, the samples were adjusted for unequal probability of selection by stratum.

— New York Times, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Davidsen bucks up her balky husband with a bloodthirsty holler, stiffens her voice against doubt, and, in her final sleepwalking scene, taps into the tender stratum of Lady Macbeth’s subconscious.

— Justin Davidson, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026

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