layering
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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
In social-media posts sponsored by Dove, people are layering its fragrant body washes, bar soaps and scrubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Coyote’s” closest analogue, had an easier job layering wacky chase scenes over its critique of Los Angeles’ potholed legacy of public transportation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
They found the cleverness of their forebears’ music, with its fugues, its interweaving counterpoint, its layering upon layer of sounds, too academic and dry, rather like student exercises.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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