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Recent Examples of stratificationMickey 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 Many plant seeds require a period of cold temperatures, called stratification, to break dormancy.—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025 Beyond favoring only people with cars, these freeway networks created further social stratification.—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stratification
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.
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Francis Fukuyama,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2018
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.
Around 5,000 buildings were destroyed in St. Louis alone, St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said in a post on X.
Buildings and cars were destroyed, homes are missing entire walls and upper levels of houses and buildings are gone, photos of the disaster show.
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Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
This proved to be a good decision, as people resonated with the film on a very emotional level.
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