stratification

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Recent Examples of stratification This will create the right conditions for stratification, which helps the seeds sprout. Heather Bien, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2024 These seeds benefit from stratification, where spending a winter outside in the soil, exposed to cold temperatures promotes germination. Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024 Many native plant seeds sprout better with cold stratification, which can be accomplished by planting seeds outside in fall. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2024 In 1932: Mahatma Gandhi initiated a six-day hunger strike to protest the stratification of India’s social classes. The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stratification 
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Noun
  • The pair have met with the Palace hierarchy, including Textor and chairman Steve Parish, attending a match at Selhurst Park and touring the club’s academy.
    Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Hayes points out that on the hierarchy of needs, therapy comes after food and shelter — and in the absence of these basic needs being met, existing trauma can be exacerbated.
    Katia Riddle, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In this composition, the mammals are joined only by a grouping of aspen trees, leafless against the winter ground.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Most of the groupings of bones belonged to a single person, but six graves held remains of multiple people, including one that was different from the others.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There, the 3,000-year-old four-level caste system keeps hundreds of millions of citizens in poverty, and women continue to be treated as second-class citizens.
    Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2025
  • But as the police detectives discover, solving this case requires digging into the difficult and layered relationship between Munia’s father and his old friend Rabia, and the ways in which class, caste and religion intertwine and threaten to break apart their relationship.
    Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The proportion of registrants with a telephone number and the mean expected response rate, based on prior Times/Siena polls, were calculated for each stratum.
    New York Times, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The show makes clear the yakuza is integrated into every stratum of the Japanese government and society.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Governments at all levels need to prioritize two things.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • An online establishment offering reputable banking options such as Mastercard, Visa, PayPal and eWallets indicates a level of trustworthiness and stability.
    Matthew Gover, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Stratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stratification. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.

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