substratum

Example Sentences

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It “supports diverse biological communities representative of hard substratum in deep water” according to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

From The Guardian

They are retiring and quirky at the same time, emerging from the substratum of shyness on which Enigmatic Andy the Superstar was constructed.

From Washington Post

In 2018, it’s easy to dismiss the concept of Queer Eye as reductive: five gay men, possessing expertise across the fashion and lifestyle substratum, make over a hapless straight man.

From The Guardian

Even here, though, abyssal tuba notes exposed a sonic substratum.

From The New Yorker

For Roth, Judaism was substratum, a world to which he always returned but was never afraid to leave, even if only for Manhattan or the Berkshires.

From Los Angeles Times