stratification

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Recent Examples of stratification Her success broke barriers that have existed in country for years, barriers still fueled by specialized radio stations, record company marketing strategies, and the stratification of the Billboard charts. EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025 First, eliminate economic stratification among teams by creating a salary band. Jacob E. Moss, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025 At this point, circulation continues only in the warmer layer, and stratification takes place. Anthony A. Ciuffa, Outdoor Life, 7 Aug. 2025 Following stratification, soil sampling and analysis provide a detailed picture of existing conditions, including nutrient profiles, degradation levels, and biological activity. Nia Bowers, USA Today, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for stratification
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Noun
  • The oil and gas outsiders at Venture Global are doing so by upending project design norms, upsetting the Big Oil hierarchy, and dominating the nascent gas export industry.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Highly ranked within the bear hierarchy.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The league groupings completed at the releaguing meeting earlier this month were for non-football sports.
    Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What does a punk drummer have to do with a scholar of caste in India, or a border reporter who has walked for years with coyotes?
    Javier Garcia del Moral September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • While others weaponize differences like caste and religion — especially when India’s stringent COVID-19 lockdowns hit — Chandan and Shoaib see their own struggles mirrored in each other and are only drawn closer.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Grammy catapulted her into a new stratum as an artist.
    Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The drama even addresses class divides, with one mother paying her son's girlfriend—who hails from a lower social stratum—to end their relationship.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • The loft is one of 22 live-work spaces with downstairs levels permitted for retail use.
    Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Warmly spiced and cozy as can be, this alcoholic beverage takes any party to the next level.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Stratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stratification. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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