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as in to stack
to form or arrange parts or pieces of something on top of each other; to form or arrange (something) in layers
The next step in the recipe is to layer the pasta and the sauce in the pan. We layered the fruit with whipped cream and served it with cookies.
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Recent Examples of layer
Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
The jellyfish cut also sees a drastically shorter layer, but it is cut all the way around the head, while the hime cut only has the front pieces cut.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 4 Feb. 2025
The songwriter and singer wore Vivienne Westwood’s powder blue Sunday dress and layered it over a tartan corset.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Freezing drizzle coated the metro highways, roads and sidewalks with a thin layer of ice Wednesday.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
The jellyfish cut also sees a drastically shorter layer, but it is cut all the way around the head, while the hime cut only has the front pieces cut.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
Editor’s tip: Hold off on layering other powerful actives like retinol right after using salicylic acid—too much exfoliation at once can leave your skin irritated instead of glowing.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 4 Feb. 2025
The songwriter and singer wore Vivienne Westwood’s powder blue Sunday dress and layered it over a tartan corset.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for layer
Noun
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If skiing isn’t your thing, the resort is still a haven for winter activity: ice skate across Brewer’s Pond, located in the heart of the village, go tubing at Tube Town, or fat bike or snowshoe on a variety of trails and loops that skirt the edge of the ski hill.—
Jennifer Malloy,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Feb. 2025
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Conveniently located inside the I-435 loop, this close-in development offers easy access to major highways.—
ReeceNichols Real Estate,
Kansas City Star,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The current federal government funding expires on March 14, requiring to approve new spending levels or extend current ones to avoid a shutdown.—
Ewan Palmer,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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None of us really know in 20 days what level of tariffs Canada and Mexico will see.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Trump’s second term cabinet is stacked with prominent China hawks, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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The emotional toll of rehashing the past is honored, as the film sequences stack tragedies alongside a surge of cautious hope.—
Holly Jones,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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The corrugation process guarantees that the containers are robust and lightweight, which is necessary for stacking and transportation in an efficient manner.—
CMG Containers,
Sun Sentinel,
1 May 2024
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Electrons in today’s graphene can move up to a micrometer before getting scattered by imperfections, such as corrugations in the surface of the material or grain boundaries between adjacent crystal patches.—
Chun-Yung Sung,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Jan. 2012
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That can be a tricky question, since both offer a number of tiers with different prices and features.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
9 Feb. 2025
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The process can include jumping through a number of hoops, from a background check to a polygraph test, depending on the tier.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Court cases challenging these violations are piling up, and judges are starting to call out the administration’s blatant disregard for the law.—
Bobby Block,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2025
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Serbia’s economy, Mr. Grujic said, standing next to his aged tractor piled with bales of hay, is not as robust as official statistics suggest, and food prices are too high.—
Andrew Higgins,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Over 4 million anglers ply Florida waters yearly, catching over 100 million pounds of fish.—
Patrik Jonsson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Dec. 2024
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These plies were sealed together under heat and pressure and cured using high-frequency electronic radio waves.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
25 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Can the behaviors of an entire stratum of consumer society be influenced by a mechanism that was designed by a bunch of people who’ve been dead longer than the Arizona Diamondbacks have been a thing?—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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For generations, china was a major investment, out of reach for all but the country’s wealthy, and acquiring it marked one’s arrival in a new social stratum.—
Rukmini Callimachi,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Layer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layer. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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