How to Use stratification in a Sentence

stratification

noun
  • The acorns of the live oak do not require a stratification process like some other seeds.
    Brett McNish, Smithsonian, 15 Feb. 2018
  • There’s this weird stratification where shows are for either the one percent or the 99 percent.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023
  • The caste system is among the world’s oldest forms of rigid social stratification.
    Reuters, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • If anything, the rise of such careers is a product of more rigid class and career stratification.
    Schuyler Velasco, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 July 2017
  • One snapshot of the racial stratification in private industry can be seen in the ratio of those at the top compared with those at the bottom.
    USA Today, 20 Aug. 2020
  • This sort of stratification hasn't happened in the North Atlantic.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The varying layouts of the homes suggest social stratification, adds Power, who is one of the researchers involved in the find.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The seed does not need to go through a cold period, called stratification, to germinate.
    Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Artifacts in the tombs suggested that the Xiongnu had a system of the social stratification.
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2010
  • What such a case shows is not that old laws have failed to keep pace with new family forms, but how the state can generate new forms of stratification even as older ones fade.
    The Conversation, oregonlive.com, 16 June 2019
  • Paul Fussell wrote in Class, his 1983 book about social stratification.
    Bob Morris, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2017
  • For all the genre stratification and social-media agita, SZA is adored.
    Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The top luxury groups across the board are shrugging off the war in Ukraine and a stock market meltdown, pointing to a stratification in spending between the wealthy and the mere mass affluent.
    Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 18 June 2022
  • The majority of the stratification trends, the study finds, are due to the rapidly warming topmost 700 feet of water, which is growing fresher and lighter over time.
    Andrew Freedman, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Throughout the book, Kumar keeps his eye on questions of class and social stratification.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Most of us don’t look at our lives that way now, but our comfort and fascination with stratification remains strong.
    Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
  • In the village’s social stratification, the Suthars are considered rough equals to the Manganiyars.
    Suhasini Raj and Kai Schultz, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2017
  • This is called moist stratification, and the period varies from a couple of weeks to three months, generally, depending on the species.
    Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The implications of these choices, and the resulting stratification of policies will likely ripple through the world of finance and out to Main Street in the coming months.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The goal is the division of patients into categories of risk—that is, risk stratification.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Until now, Murillo’s interest in class stratification was not seen to be so central to his work.
    Walker Mimms, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The stratification and accompanying reactions reduces the amount of heat flow out of the core.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2019
  • This is leading to a stratification of the category as brands begin to carve out niches for themselves to secure shelf space.
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The Bronze Age followed, rife with social stratification, warrior elites and feuding states.
    Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Yes, the game that was an allegory for the systemic issues leading to the stratification of social classes is now … real.
    Vulture, 17 June 2023
  • More stratification also leads the oceans to absorb less heat from the atmosphere, furthering global warming, per the Guardian.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The research suggests that high melt rates have prevented the waters from mixing, which causes more melting and then more stratification.
    Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2018
  • What an exciting time to think about class stratification!
    Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Additionally, the risk stratification is best seen in younger individuals, less than or equal to 55 years of age, compared with players over the age of 55.
    NOLA.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The seeds also need a cold stratification period of two months prior to planting, which can be achieved by placing them in a bag of moist sand in the refrigerator for this period of time.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 10 Aug. 2024

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