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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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According to archaeologists, these ancient farmers piled up stones and soil to form a body, pincers, and a curved tail with a stinger.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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It is piled like a crunchy cloud atop fresh Cretan mizithra cheese and a mix of sheep and goat graviera, a hard yellow cheese from the Peloponnese, and drizzled with local honey syrup.—
Katherine Whittaker,
Saveur,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The containers all come with lids, can be stacked, and are designed with side handles for easy portability.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Plus, the Amazon Prime Big Deal Days sale is underway this week, so the travel pants discounts are even more stacked than usual at Amazon.—
Anna Popp,
Travel + Leisure,
6 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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Bees and wasps flitted together on yellow flowers, and as the day wore on, gnats clumped in beams of sunshine to make a kind of haze.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Mounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounded. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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