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layer

[ley-er] / ˈleɪ ər /


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Some providers layered on bills for up to 10 different workers to evaluate a patient in a single day.

From The Wall Street Journal

Richard said the continued presence of federal immigration officers in Los Angeles adds another layer of complexity to the human trafficking mix.

From Los Angeles Times

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz is a complex task, potentially taking months due to mines and layered threats.

From Barron's

Still, ever-changing rates and the layering of different taxes on top of each other “made it challenging to track the exact impact to an individual item sold,” Vachris added.

From Barron's

A vertically integrated stack means Oracle owns multiple layers of the production process for cloud infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal