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layer

[ley-er] / ˈleɪ ər /


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Few public figures generate stronger reactions in New York, and his appearance — as it usually does — adds another layer of politics, spectacle and unpredictability to an event that already feels larger than sports.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

AI is disproportionately compressing the bottom layer of white-collar production: drafting, summarizing, coding, documentation, reporting and routine analytical work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

There’s something about getting into those outfits that it just was this whole other transporting layer of becoming.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The deepest and oldest layer contained only charcoal fragments, which were dated to approximately 6,000 years ago.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

According to Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus placed the very same type of brushwood layer in a ship that he had built.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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