strata

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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

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

From May to October, continuing a tradition launched in 2011, visitors can pay extra to dig for their own fossils in more recent, less scientifically significant geographical strata.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025

Nobody really knew how old the Clovis people were, though, because geological strata can't be dated precisely.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann