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Recent Examples of stratification
Snapdragon seeds need to go through cold stratification or seed satisfaction to help with the germination process.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stratification
Noun
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Structure: What happens to management hierarchies when AI coordinates most activities?—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Udoka’s equal-opportunity offense has been the most important aspect of the team’s collective growth, keeping a flat hierarchy while remaining confident and aggressive.—
Kelly Iko,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
Noun
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2025
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Bowden lists a grouping of three top-10 prospects as the package that would land Robert on the Padres.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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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).—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
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Led by the example of captain Aleksander Barkov, there is no caste system evident, no star-system in attitude.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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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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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.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
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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 4.—
Cynthia Sass,
Health,
23 June 2025
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“Stratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stratification. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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