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as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor
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as in hill
an area of high ground
a pitcher's mound
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Recent Examples of mound
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
On the mound, CMU’s No. 2 starter is right-hander Sage Ferguson (Elizabeth), its No. 3 is right-hander Liam Hohenstein (Rock Canyon) and its No. 4 is right-hander Gauge Lockhart (Delta).
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
If containers are too large to move indoors or to a sheltered location, mound mulch around the pot and wrap it in a heavy blanket or burlap.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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Noun
In the ninth, with Diaz on the mound for the save, an error by Alonso put Alek Thomas on base.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
On the mound, CMU’s No. 2 starter is right-hander Sage Ferguson (Elizabeth), its No. 3 is right-hander Liam Hohenstein (Rock Canyon) and its No. 4 is right-hander Gauge Lockhart (Delta).
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 May 2025
Verb
One approach is to bury the pots underground, and mound soil or mulch over top to cover the graft union.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
If containers are too large to move indoors or to a sheltered location, mound mulch around the pot and wrap it in a heavy blanket or burlap.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mound
Noun
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Investment bank JPMorgan expects a 75% to 80% drop in imports from there.—
Juliana Liu,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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And while the Chinese economy grew a better-than-expected 5.4% in the first three months this year, major banks have slashed their full-year growth forecasts for the country to just around 4% — below the government’s target of around 5%.—
Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
9 May 2025
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By Sunday, Cole and his brother Devon were barbecuing in front of the pile of bricks that used to be his house.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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However, simply making the form available did not immediately clear the logjam, as servicers still had to wait for further guidance to process the pile of applications that had built up.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Photos of the aftermath of the accident, meanwhile, show the roof of the bus separated from the rest of the vehicle, which rests at a diagonal on the side of a hill, per the AP.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
11 May 2025
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If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Avoid open fields, the top of a hill, or a ridge top.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2025
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With that, the team has noticed an array of trends arising, particularly in terms of what brands and products are most often stacked.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
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Ben Roethlisberger’s rookie offense was also stacked.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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The most subdued of those was one of the most tempting: Hotel Wren in Twentynine Palms, which only opened in March, a 12-room, high-end retreat with muted colors, enormous rooms, custom furniture and poolside mountain views.—
Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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During this time, what is now the Canadian Rockies was covered in water, and animals swam above the ground that would later become mountains.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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No single afternoon—no matter how joyous—can undo decades of scandal or secular drift.—
Christopher Hale,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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My calendar is my battlefield map—no distractions, no drift, just discipline.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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“Mound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mound. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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