strata

Example Sentences

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But this division also implicates the nongladiatorial Roman citizens of all social strata.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But the combination of stubborn food inflation and record income inequality is exacerbating the divide, forcing global food majors to rethink how they market to different economic strata.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Layer it all in a shallow casserole dish or, if you’re feeling theatrical, a glass trifle dish, so the strata show through like geological layers of flavors.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

“I understand how all of these different strata exist within this world, and I understand how fashion is a form of expression through all of those strata. Especially as a person of color.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024

As the glacier inched over humps and dips in the Cwm’s underlying strata, it fractured into countless vertical fissures—crevasses.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer