stratum
Example Sentences
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The film updates Turgenev’s 1850s Russia to contemporary America, but maintains the “Lower Depths” social stratum.
From Los Angeles Times
At one end, PSG is the club of the masses, drawing its fan base from every strata of the city and its suburbs.
From May to October, continuing a tradition launched in 2011, visitors can pay extra to dig for their own fossils in more recent, less scientifically significant geographical strata.
Layer it all in a shallow casserole dish or, if you’re feeling theatrical, a glass trifle dish, so the strata show through like geological layers of flavors.
From Salon
I thought I wanted a piece of all that; not so much the affluence, but the ease with which he moved through the world with money and social strata no deterrence.
From Los Angeles Times
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