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[lay-er] / ˈleɪ ər /


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Internalization removes a third-party profit layer, and the majority of required investments have already been made, Jefferies says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

The researchers created a mathematical model that tracks how mobile cells in the dermis interact with an attracting chemical signal released by the epidermis, the skin's outer layer.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

In the past, a thick marine layer helped protect runners from the sun, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

The fire caused damage to rare heathland and an ancient woodland, as well as burning through a surface layer of peat in some of the boggy areas, reducing their ability to store carbon.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

She took a left and disappeared down the nearest staircase leading to the second layer of the city.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

She's wrapped in layers of clothing and a heavy coat - the temperature is dropping, indoors and out.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

While that has given the company an advantage by cutting through layers of managers, it “comes at the cost of him being involved in every major decision within the company,” Goldberg said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Skydance plans to cut costs by eliminating layers of management, combining operations and reducing technology expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

The discovery challenges a long-standing understanding of white dwarfs, the dense cores left behind when certain stars exhaust their nuclear fuel and shed their outer layers.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

It was so cold they wore layers of fleece shirts under their parkas.

From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene

With its oblique lyricism and jazz-infused chords, layered over a twitchy rhythm section and 10-minute-long jams, Television was unlikely to be a commercial hit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

“The pull to be close to one’s support system in retirement, the warm feelings of family, but also layered in is the need to lend a hand for childcare and a growing concern of eldercare.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Krasner’s small, tight accretions of repetitive marks and shapes seem airless and uninflected; even the densest of Pollock’s early, layered pours pulse and breathe, his touch liberated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Its three dimensional structure creates a barrier that keeps insects from reaching the plants, while the layered material still allows sunlight, rain, and air to pass through.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Bright blue rocks are layered over the bottom of the tank, with fake plants sprouting through them, coral reef ornaments scattered at random.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

The unusual layering suggested that two separate events had occurred in rapid succession.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Ms. Lee almost never uses figurative language—similes, metaphors, symbolism or anything that gives prose layering and subtext.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Traditional fabrication relies on ultraprecision machinery to squeeze more circuits onto a single chip; Huawei is trying to improve computing efficiency through techniques such as layering circuits within a single chip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Saar’s dear friend, artist and jeweler Neil Lane, recalls how she taught him to collage: slowly layering papers with matte medium and, of course, saving every scrap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

And started layering on another story of bricks.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore


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