heaps 1 of 2

plural of heap
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as in loads
a considerable amount she always has a heap of good ideas you're in a heap of trouble for missing curfew!

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heaps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of heap

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Recent Examples of heaps
Noun
Every Tuesday, a corner of the Mezquitán market turns into a massive secondhand clothing bazaar, with heaps of statement vintage finds and out-there patterned fabrics spread out over long tables. David Shortell, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025 Nana and Ramos came with heaps of out-of-the-world victuals—Levallois chicken, the best chicken in the world (handpicked on the farm by the butcher), or a leg of Levallois lamb that was every bit as incomparable. Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025 The former is the owner of a New York City hotspot; the latter is a man on the run from loan sharks, with heaps of personal issues and bad debts hounding him. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Still, offensive coordinator Greg Roman dedicated heaps of time and study in the offseason to picking up opposing blitzes. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025 In his Kurdish-majority town (equidistant from large cities Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakır, also with large Kurdish populations), Eyüp works at a tomato harvesting farm, gathering and salting heaps of the crimson fruit under the baking sun. Tomris Laffly, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025 With piercing rumbles, flickering gleams and heaps of fan interaction, Cain's concert felt more like an interactive theatrical experience. Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025 Today Golfview remains heavily polluted and scarred with mining pits and waste heaps. Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025 Sudden and intense bursts of extreme rainfall are causing devastation across mountainous parts of South Asia, triggering flash floods, deadly mudflows and huge landslides that have washed out entire neighbourhoods and turned vibrant communities into heaps of mud and rubble. Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heaps
Noun
  • This dual-purpose design requires exceptional stiffness, vibration control, and precision engineering, allowing heavy highway loads and high-speed rail traffic to share the same structure safely.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Same question, loads of responses.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Last year, Kardashians decorations took a spookier turn, with the reality star’s house being decorated with creepy floating ghosts, witches brooms and piles of pumpkins in shades of traditional orange — plus green, white and hues of brown — and covered in sprawling vines.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Hallways were lined with debris and plastic bags while clothing, wall decor and lamps became piles of litter inside apartment units.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wallen then stumbles to his feet in the middle of the road, as rain pours down, with close-up images showing Wallen in tattered clothes and covered in scrapes and cuts.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Blass pours some coffee, lights a cigar, and selects his first pitch.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Behind its all-glass façade, the home stacks four bedrooms and five baths around an elevator core.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In the conflict between Hobbes and Rousseau, between visions of primordial humankind as inherently brutal or inherently peaceful, Tsangari stacks the dramatic deck in favor of benign and placid human nature.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Shuttle service is available but fills up quickly.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Whoever fills Castiglione’s seat will inherit a $200-plus million department and a to-do list written largely in corporate jargon.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As usual, the college football slate delivers tons of options, with none bigger than the Vanderbilt-Alabama and Miami-Florida State games.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Furthermore, a significant portion of plastic waste is incinerated, resulting in the emission of 850 million tons of greenhouse gases.
    Miguel A. Torres, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • An ancillary of the brand’s best-selling, ambery-woody eau, each aluminum tube contains a quick-absorbing lotion that lavishes skin with moisture, keeping hands feeling comfortable and cuticles softened with its moisturizing blend of avocado oil, shea butter, plus green tea and chamomile extracts.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Best for Family Game Night This electronic cube packs six mini-games into one, giving families a quick way to connect without screens.
    Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This naturally gluten-free carb source packs 38% of the magnesium DV per cup, surpassing the amount found in more popular grains and pseudocereals like quinoa and oats.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Heaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heaps. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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