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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
stratify .
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Examples
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"stratifies" into layers of warmth, with hot water at the top and cold water at the bottom.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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A market in a good that everyone is required to consume self-stratifies, as for example auto and medical insurance markets have done.
Teacher Pay, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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This behavior stratifies us ever more firmly into socio-economic classes that have less to do with wisdom and knowledge than with money and flashy spending.
Arthur Rosenfeld: Deeper Lessons of the Debt Crisis Arthur Rosenfeld 2011
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He's apparently hearing a charter-school siren as well, telling him that lifting state caps on charters will somehow increase overall quality in a sector that segregates and stratifies but doesn't improve overall test scores.
'If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging' Valerie Strauss 2010
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He's apparently hearing a charter-school siren as well, telling him that lifting state caps on charters will somehow increase overall quality in a sector that segregates and stratifies but doesn't improve overall test scores.
Kevin Welner: Duncan from the PISA Hole: 'Keep Digging' Kevin Welner 2010
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He's apparently hearing a charter-school siren as well, telling him that lifting state caps on charters will somehow increase overall quality in a sector that segregates and stratifies but doesn't improve overall test scores.
Kevin Welner: Duncan from the PISA Hole: 'Keep Digging' Kevin Welner 2010
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For example, Lake Saanajärvi normally stratifies in early July, two weeks after ice breakup, and retains a distinct, steep thermocline at a depth of 10 to 12 m throughout the summer.
Effects of climate change on general hydro-ecology in the Arctic 2009
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The lake stratifies so rapidly that no spring turnover occurs, causing oxygen-depleted bottom waters to persist over the summer.
Effects of climate change on hydro-ecology of contributing basins in the Arctic 2009
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Previously studied neutron stars all have hydrogen atmospheres, which is expected, as the intense gravity of the neutron star stratifies the atmosphere, putting the lightest element, hydrogen, on top.
Neutron Star at Core of Cas A Has Carbon Atmosphere | Universe Today 2009
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When a lake stratifies (i.e., when only the uppermost waters mix), algae have better light conditions and primary production increases.
Broad-scale effects of climate change on freshwater systems in the Arctic 2009
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