strata
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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
But the combination of stubborn food inflation and record income inequality is exacerbating the divide, forcing global food majors to rethink how they market to different economic strata.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 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
Science writer Poppick explains what those millions of strata can tell us about four instances that changed life dramatically, from oxygen entering the atmosphere all the way to the dinosaur era.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025
Below the dirt strata with these objects, though, was a layer of quite different artifacts: bigger, thicker, and not as beautifully made.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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