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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
Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Astros pitching coach Josh Miller also visited the mound later in the inning.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2026
Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 21 Apr. 2026
While the Yankees sent ace left-hander Max Fried to mound, the Angels had a bullpen game, with a bullpen that hasn’t been so good lately.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The number of times the pitcher was on the mound during the final out.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Astros pitching coach Josh Miller also visited the mound later in the inning.
—Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2026
Verb
Catmint's mounding growth habit is perfect for mixed borders, as pathway edging, or in mass plantings.
—Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 21 Apr. 2026
While the Yankees sent ace left-hander Max Fried to mound, the Angels had a bullpen game, with a bullpen that hasn’t been so good lately.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mound
Noun
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Our senators aren’t listening to us Few things in life are worse than listening to endless hold music when connecting to live customer service agents at your bank, utility, or airline.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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Ljubljana is split by a river, and city planners mapped routes around the waterway’s banks.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
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This dynamic creates a survival-of-the-fittest scenario where smaller companies — who can’t afford to sit on piles of unsold metals — might be forced into the arms of larger competitors.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
4 May 2026
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Venice is a city built on timber piles driven into mud more than a thousand years ago, its infrastructure both stubborn and fragile.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
4 May 2026
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Each new hill brings a slightly different and powerful view of Martinez and its petroleum refinery infrastructure; farther in the horizon, like a mirage of an ivory city, shimmers a wind-turbine farm.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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Outside, the layout opens up around a roughly 50-foot pool that stretches alongside a wooden deck with sweeping views of the hills and ocean.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Biscuits are stacked on top of one another.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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But the startup’s product bets are financially enormous and stacked on top of one another.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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By 1890, the population of Los Angeles had nearly quintupled, and land speculation in the city’s outlying areas, from the coast to the mountains, was rampant.—
Oren Peleg,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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South Dakota Custer State Park Resort, Custer Four historic lodges plus a variety of cabins nestle among 71,000 acres of mountains at Custer State Park.—
Jess Hoffert,
Midwest Living,
9 May 2026
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Modern operations consultancy Quail Group notes that in many organizations, operational systems drift toward rewarding visible activity, the messages sent, meetings attended, and tasks moved, while the deeper aim of meaningful outcomes becomes less prominent in day‑to‑day execution.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Guests can relax by the cascading waterfall on the terrace, take a dip in the heated outdoor pool, hit the pickleball courts, or drift into slumber on a signature Heavenly Bed.—
Sharael Kolberg,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Mound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mound. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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