strata

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That as difficult as New York and Philadelphia are, with their towering housing projects and subway systems and social strata, those structures also protect human beings from the elements.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

"He is now just in a different strata of star than what we are used to from our sporting heroes," said Sivertsen.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 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

Below the dirt strata with these objects, though, was a layer of quite different artifacts: bigger, thicker, and not as beautifully made.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann