layer
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Over five days, Pitch Nine was dug up and the 22-yard hole filled with a base layer of gravel.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
“This means material price increases are still required across the broader industry, which should provide an additional compounding layer of profitable growth as pricing turns,” Panmure says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
"This layer is where the breakdown of cellulose and other natural polymers, such as cutin - a plant-based polyester - takes place."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Gibney also profiled Holmes in his 2019 work “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley,” which adds another layer of coincidental symmetry: Fielder’s film hits theaters on Oct.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Snow blankets the ground, and everything is covered in a thick layer of ice.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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Because the samples were highly radioactive, they had to be enclosed within several layers of containment before being transported to Grenoble.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
PHP isn't everything, however -- strong cybersecurity measures should include several layers of defences, Kerrison said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Some pensioners say they are going to bed early, wearing extra layers and using hot water bottles because they cannot afford to heat their homes this winter.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
This process can take years and requires veterans to navigate multiple layers of review before reaching a court, which is problematic enough.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Reader, have you ever felt the layers of difference between the bone of your skull and the skin stretched over it?
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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"A succession of UK government programmes has been layered on top of devolved responsibilities and in some cases undermining them," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
And if you sniff the lobby of downtown Los Angeles’ Ritz-Carlton, you may detect “bright effervescent notes ... layered with soft florals,” a custom fragrance known as Champagne & Shimmer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 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
Choices, numberless as grains of sand, had layered and compressed, coalescing into sediment, then into rock, until all was set in stone.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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“Software tends to work by building a stable layer that people can build on top of, and layering on top of that, and repeating and repeating and repeating,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The unusual layering suggested that two separate events had occurred in rapid succession.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
They are further distinguished by their meticulous topographical, biological and marine detail and precise layering of colors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
We’ll have a discussion with our staff when we do the recording, and to bring out the “Neo-ness” in the song, I think we just achieve this by just layering our voices together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
And started layering on another story of bricks.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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