as in to accumulate
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
snow piling up in the driveway at a rapid pace
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as in accumulation
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time
a pileup of e-mail messages that needed to be dealt with
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Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
Rice is currently facing charges for a March hit-and-run crash in Dallas where his Lamborghini crashed into his friend’s Corvette while driving 119 mph, leading to a six-car pileup and at least four injuries.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 May 2024
The pandemic and a wave of retirements in the agency’s Facility Licensing and Investigations Section contributed to the complaint pileup.
—Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2024
When conditions are just right, these pileups mash the nuclei together, creating a very temporary new superheavy atom moving at nearly 600,000 meters per second.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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If you’re stressed out by a pileup of past notifications, clear those out as well.
—Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 24 June 2024
Rice is currently facing charges for a March hit-and-run crash in Dallas where his Lamborghini crashed into his friend’s Corvette while driving 119 mph, leading to a six-car pileup and at least four injuries.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 May 2024
The pandemic and a wave of retirements in the agency’s Facility Licensing and Investigations Section contributed to the complaint pileup.
—Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2024
When conditions are just right, these pileups mash the nuclei together, creating a very temporary new superheavy atom moving at nearly 600,000 meters per second.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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“Pile (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pile%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 Sep. 2024.
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