stratum

Example Sentences

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Simply put, only a certain stratum of Americans prioritize learning about politics.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024

"There is a stratum of people for whom street food is no longer about sustenance, the theatrics appeal to them."

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023

The stratum corneum, the outer layer of mature skin cells, communicates with the epidermis below.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023

That broad permissibility extends to quotas, guaranteeing the proportional admission of members of each socioeconomic stratum.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2023

The woman on the bed was no more than a hard stratum of marble they had reached.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury