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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
Tahini sauce is mounded with honeyed kumquats.
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Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 12 Jan. 2026
Fill each pepper half with dip until slightly mounded.
—Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
Its natural form is loosely mounded and spreading, making a good candidate for erosion control.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
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.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 12 Jan. 2026
Fill each pepper half with dip until slightly mounded.
—Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
Its natural form is loosely mounded and spreading, making a good candidate for erosion control.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
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.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounded
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The combo is piled high on a bed of creamy, equally tropical coconut rice.—
Gretchen McKay,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2026
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Take a few minutes to go through high-traffic areas like the living room, entryway, and kitchen and re-home stray items that have piled up throughout the day.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Jan. 2026
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Incorporating mini hoops, which can be worn solo or stacked, is also a popular approach to styling your tragus, says Maria Tash, jewelry designer and founder of Maria Tash Fine Jewelry and Luxury Piercing in Los Angeles.—
Marianne Mychaskiw,
Allure,
24 Jan. 2026
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The next eight days in WWE figure to be stacked with major storyline shifts, new arrivals and it'll all be punctuated with one of the biggest premium live events on the promotion's annual events calendar.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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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 29 Jan. 2026.
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