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Recent Examples of stratification
Most cultivars winter over even in the frigid conditions of the far northern U.S.
Like other fall bulbs, snowdrops need a period of cold, called stratification.
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Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
Preparing Peach Seeds Like many seeds, peach seeds require a period of cold treatment, called stratification, to germinate properly.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2024
Native Wildflowers Winter sowing can increase the germination rates of native plant and wildflower seeds that require cold stratification.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2024
During this time, the region’s socioeconomic stratification became even more pronounced.
—Michael W. Baca, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2016
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Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025
Preparing Peach Seeds Like many seeds, peach seeds require a period of cold treatment, called stratification, to germinate properly.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2024
Native Wildflowers Winter sowing can increase the germination rates of native plant and wildflower seeds that require cold stratification.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2024
During this time, the region’s socioeconomic stratification became even more pronounced.
—Michael W. Baca, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stratification
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Stewart’s place in the women’s basketball hierarchy isn’t any different because of the result.—
Ben Pickman,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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But what separates the rich and the super-rich in the NBA’s financial hierarchy are the off-court earnings, and that usually starts with the shoe deal, which is almost always the biggest sponsor deal for an NBA player.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Repeating this process five times with varying groupings yielded an average accuracy of 80 percent.—
Lucy Tu,
Scientific American,
7 Feb. 2025
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What’s important to note is that this food grouping system doesn’t account for nutritional value, Dr. Vadiveloo says.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
6 Feb. 2025
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Following independence and partition, India adopted an explicitly secular constitution that offered protections for religious minorities and other groups, and that banned discrimination by caste.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
20 Aug. 2024
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Bee colonies have a unique social structure split into three castes: the queen, workers, and drones.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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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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That’s a key level watched by traders to gauge an asset’s longer-term momentum and trendline.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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To avoid a painful shutdown, Congress will need to pass legislation designating new spending level or extend current ones.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Stratification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stratification. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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