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as in stacked
to lay or throw on top of one another
mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat
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Recent Examples of mounded
Excavating wetlands, as various studies have suggested, would yield soil that could be mounded into sound-blocking berms, as at Brooklyn Bridge Park; lookouts, as on Governors Island; and undulating grasslands like those at Freshkills.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounded
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Their teardrop shape when piled together offers a fish scale-like texture as well as high impact shine.—
Madeline Fass,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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Bridges and Ball — the two other members of Charlotte’s Big Three along with Miller — piled up stats.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Inside, two picnic tables were stacked on top of each other, leaving little room to climb.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The deck was stacked against him in Cleveland.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The tree branches are pretty clumped together, versus having lots of individual limbs to bend.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
20 Oct. 2025
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Grant’s eyelashes were noticeably accentuated and clumped together on the top and bottom using mascara only.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Mounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounded. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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