Example Sentences

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Layers of equipment, from real medical devices to whiteboards scribbled with a patients’ statuses, add to the ambient authenticity of a set built like an open emergency department, not a television soundstage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Layers of pollen preserved in mud reveal what kinds of plants once grew nearby, while increased sand content can point to greater erosion.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

Layers of mud coat every business on Huehuetla's main street.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

Layers are deposited each year which are a record of sea conditions of that period.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2023

Layers of copper wires, like multiple sets of guitar strings, crisscrossed inside the funnel.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan