Example Sentences

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Here’s a visual representation of how spending has been stratified among economic classes in recent years.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

For instance, while it is by no means an eat-the-rich manifesto, the musical explores how financially stratified New York—and London and other cities—has become.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

I think what’s bothered me about romance is that people have these stratified steps and a playbook and rules.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2025

“They saw very complex stratified societies with monumental architecture and public works, but all without so-called agriculture,” she says, which they cited as a justification for colonizing “unused” lands.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 18, 2024

Like medieval Italian city-states, Nudzahui principalities were rigidly stratified, with the king and a small group of kinspeople and noble advisers gobbling up much of the wealth and land.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann