stratify
verb (used with object)
to form or place in strata or layers.
stratifying
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present participleof stratify.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Square Enix took the low-resolution prerendered dioramas of the original game — gorgeous in their own right — and zoomed in, stratifying them with detail and depth, adding craggy peaks, dense jungles and sun-baked deserts.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
Even for those whose work allows unpaid leave to heal from loss, the lack of income disproportionately affects those living in financial precarity, effectively stratifying the grief process.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2019
Aside from stratifying patients by their expected progression rate, clinical researchers would also like to know whether there are different subtypes of ALS, caused by different molecular pathways that might provide targets for drugs.
From Nature ● Oct. 17, 2017
Companies that used to have only red are branching out; companies that used to specialize in variety are stratifying.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2015
Consequently, property was not the distinguishing factor in stratifying the social levels of the Fair Play community.
From The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography by George D. Wolf
