stratum
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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 • Feb. 9, 2026
Simply put, only a certain stratum of Americans prioritize learning about politics.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024
The hard microneedles penetrate through the stratum corneum, which has high electrical resistance.
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024
"There is a stratum of people for whom street food is no longer about sustenance, the theatrics appeal to them."
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023
Just beneath the crust lay a twenty-foot stratum of the same quicksand Chicago builders always confronted, only now it was ice cold and a torment to workers.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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