layer

Example Sentences

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The ground contains a layer known as the "active layer," which freezes and thaws each year.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

A typical fab processes silicon wafers in batches, moving them together through different stages of printing and etching to build chips layer by layer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

This master data layer, which Palantir called Ontology, became the foundation upon which all of its other applications were built.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

"They're buying the layer where interpretation happens," she added on LinkedIn.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Although the birds did not provide much meat, their skins, lined with a thick layer of fat, made a good fuel for the blubber stove.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong