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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
Kent mounded up soil the couple bought from GreatSoil to create some elevation.
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
One stretch, called Stuyvesant Cove Park, comprises only a floodable esplanade with plantings mounded up to the top of an eight-foot-high barrier wall that rises from street level and runs along an elevated section of FDR Drive.
—James S. Russell, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
The cheese, though, is white Prairie Breeze, shaved fine and mounded like a snowdrift atop the bowl.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Montgomery says that your strawberry rows should be about 24 inches wide and mounded 6 inches high.
—Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
Rounds of roasted purple sweet potatoes arrive mounded with a mixture of salsa macha and butter, and liberally flecked with chives.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Fresh thyme and roasted garlic butter make for a bright-yet-rich broth, always mounded with Dungeness claws and hefty prawns.
—Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Tahini sauce is mounded with honeyed kumquats.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 12 Jan. 2026
Fill each pepper half with dip until slightly mounded.
—Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
One stretch, called Stuyvesant Cove Park, comprises only a floodable esplanade with plantings mounded up to the top of an eight-foot-high barrier wall that rises from street level and runs along an elevated section of FDR Drive.
—James S. Russell, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
The cheese, though, is white Prairie Breeze, shaved fine and mounded like a snowdrift atop the bowl.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Montgomery says that your strawberry rows should be about 24 inches wide and mounded 6 inches high.
—Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 5 Mar. 2026
Rounds of roasted purple sweet potatoes arrive mounded with a mixture of salsa macha and butter, and liberally flecked with chives.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Fresh thyme and roasted garlic butter make for a bright-yet-rich broth, always mounded with Dungeness claws and hefty prawns.
—Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Tahini sauce is mounded with honeyed kumquats.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 12 Jan. 2026
Fill each pepper half with dip until slightly mounded.
—Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounded
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The Sixers were satisfied with their shot selection in the fourth quarter — even as the misses piled up.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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Firefighters see blocked entry and exit points, counters piled high and no clear routes to leave the home in an emergency.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
7 May 2026
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The Sun’s inexperience was at the root of its disastrous first-quarter showing, its young players visibly out of sorts against a New York roster stacked with perennial All-Stars and WNBA champions.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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It’s also stacked with reliable tone-evening ingredients like tranexamic acid, niacinamide, and arbutin, plus supportive ingredients like ceramides, panthenol, and hyaluronic acid to keep skin hydrated and balanced.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
9 May 2026
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Like Faberge eggs seeking their level, the country’s heirlooms have clumped up in certain locations.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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Continue stirring and splashing in water, aiming for where the flour has not yet clumped and shaking the bowl (or scraping down the sides) as needed to incorporate all the flour, until the mixture forms small, irregularly sized clumps, about rice- or pea-sized.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Mounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounded. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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