strata
Example Sentences
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“When you look at how the government is granting different layers of access to different social strata, this becomes clear.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Documents from such historical figures as John Hancock are shown alongside those from ordinary individuals to show the ways this pivotal period was experienced by all strata of society.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
The kind you might have first met at a 4th of July picnic in a glass Pyrex dish, where guacamole and sour cream mingled with salsa and shredded cheese in slightly slouchy strata.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025
They seemed unbeatable — until good people from all strata of society rose up.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025
As the glacier inched over humps and dips in the Cwm’s underlying strata, it fractured into countless vertical fissures—crevasses.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
