strata

Example Sentences

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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

But this division also implicates the nongladiatorial Roman citizens of all social strata.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I thought I wanted a piece of all that; not so much the affluence, but the ease with which he moved through the world with money and social strata no deterrence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

But that is the brutal nature of professional golf in the strata below those chasing major titles and Ryder Cup berths.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024

In quarries I could see its strata, the dragon’s veins and muscles; the minerals, its teeth and bones.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston