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as in piles
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 hills
an area of high ground
a pitcher's mound
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as in heaps
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 mounds
Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The Surxondaryo region in southern Uzbekistan is known as an archaeological treasure trove, containing multiple ancient settlement mounds.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
Plants may be grown in bushy mounds or as a climber on a support structure.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
Explore More Two miles from downtown, the 1,000-year-old Alligator Mound—one of only two remaining effigy mounds in the state—sits surrounded by a housing development.
—Midwest Living, 1 Apr. 2026
Also in 2024 the moidams, or Ahom burial mounds, in Charaideo were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.
—Shabnam Dohutia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Mar. 2026
The soft glow of lanterns against ancient mounds turns a seemingly simple walk into a reflective, cinematic journey through American history.
—Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Huge snow piles, huge snow mounds.
—CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Hike the King’s Trail, originally built as a footpath for royalty, to see coastal views, burial mounds, and black rock coves.
—Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
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Near the top, mounds built over Cold War civil-defense structures offered city views.
—Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The Surxondaryo region in southern Uzbekistan is known as an archaeological treasure trove, containing multiple ancient settlement mounds.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
Plants may be grown in bushy mounds or as a climber on a support structure.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
Explore More Two miles from downtown, the 1,000-year-old Alligator Mound—one of only two remaining effigy mounds in the state—sits surrounded by a housing development.
—Midwest Living, 1 Apr. 2026
Also in 2024 the moidams, or Ahom burial mounds, in Charaideo were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site.
—Shabnam Dohutia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Mar. 2026
The soft glow of lanterns against ancient mounds turns a seemingly simple walk into a reflective, cinematic journey through American history.
—Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Huge snow piles, huge snow mounds.
—CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Hike the King’s Trail, originally built as a footpath for royalty, to see coastal views, burial mounds, and black rock coves.
—Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounds
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News of his resignation was first reported by Bloomberg, which said Gabbana was also considering options for his roughly 40% stake in the company ahead of debt negotiations with banks.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Little effort is made by banks to recover charge-offs.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2026
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Evergreen has been forced to skip the burning of slash piles this winter because of a lack of snow.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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This comprises 5,468 ultra-fast charging piles, 1,216 800-V ultra-fast charging stations, and 6,269 stations in highway service areas.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Apr. 2026
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For most of the year, the animals roam the island’s northern pastures, hills and cliffs, but in the days before Christmas, they’re rounded up and brought to the shearing pens.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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In less than 10 minutes, a wooden bridge deposits us on the doorstep of a cinematic landscape that unfurls into a seemingly endless patchwork of rolling hills and glens in hues of umber, cinnamon, and ochre, flanked by mountains standing sentinel on either side.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
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The potato stacks pair beautifully with roast beef, steak, chicken, or sautéed fish.—
Victoria Spencer,
Martha Stewart,
3 Apr. 2026
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To solve the couple's particular design puzzle, the studio came up with Light House, a vertical home that places each of the family’s major activities in its own dedicated box and playfully stacks them on top of one another.—
Stefan Ionescu
March 30,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
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And the Granite Falls/Caldwell County native — now a minority owner of the Hornets, still tied to the mountains west of here — definitely wanted to treat Saturday night like a homecoming.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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The photo, taken by Kate, shows the young princess wearing a backpack and a camouflage jacket while sitting outside with mountains in the background.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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The cliffs formed at the end of the Ice Age thanks to glacial activity carving out the gorge.—
Joie Probst,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Here, the sun cast stark, dramatic shadows across the moon’s steep cliffs, rugged ripples and seemingly bottomless craters.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.—
Allison DeAngelis,
STAT,
18 Feb. 2026
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However, sometimes the abnormal IgA (the antibody that clumps up and causes problems) does run in families.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
15 Jan. 2026
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The gusts redistributed snow on the avalanche slope, piling it into drifts far deeper than surrounding sites.—
Matthias Gafni,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 Apr. 2026
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The research demonstrates that the interaction between core rotation and cross-field drifts produces a larger effect than either component does on its own.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Mounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounds. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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