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strata

[strey-tuh, strat-uh, strah-tuh] / ˈstreɪ tə, ˈstræt ə, ˈstrɑ tə /


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“When you look at how the government is granting different layers of access to different social strata, this becomes clear.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

At one end, PSG is the club of the masses, drawing its fan base from every strata of the city and its suburbs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

The kind you might have first met at a 4th of July picnic in a glass Pyrex dish, where guacamole and sour cream mingled with salsa and shredded cheese in slightly slouchy strata.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

Science writer Poppick explains what those millions of strata can tell us about four instances that changed life dramatically, from oxygen entering the atmosphere all the way to the dinosaur era.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025

A roar radiated outward as successive strata of the crowd learned that the key had been pressed.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson



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