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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Recent Examples of pile (up)
City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Compared to that seven-car pileup of a road movie, Honey Don’t is practically a whipsmart thriller.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Each back in the Jaleel McLaughlin-Audric Estime-Tyler Badie-Blake Watson pileup has gotten their share of opportunities.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
New Horizons didn't observe such a pileup, but Persephone would send a more sensitive instrument that could make a more detailed examination.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Noun
On Labor Day, a pileup on a Santee street fatally injured a Santee resident, the medical examiner reported.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Compared to that seven-car pileup of a road movie, Honey Don’t is practically a whipsmart thriller.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Each back in the Jaleel McLaughlin-Audric Estime-Tyler Badie-Blake Watson pileup has gotten their share of opportunities.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
New Horizons didn't observe such a pileup, but Persephone would send a more sensitive instrument that could make a more detailed examination.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Verb
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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Before this tournament, Vacherot had only won once on the ATP Tour, accumulating $594,077 in prize money throughout his entire career.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Heavy snow possible above these levels with total snow accumulations 12 to 24 inches.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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The study suggests that microbes living inside plants may influence the accumulation and solidification of gold in trees, a process known as biomineralization.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Political parties, media brands, and government agencies turn out to be just a collection of individuals vulnerable to pressure and attack.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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In consultation with Todd Arrington, former Director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library, the Protocol Gift Unit opted to purchase a replica of a sword in the Eisenhower collection rather than removing an object from the collection.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Oct. 2025
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CEOs and global leaders will gather for a dynamic, invitation-only event shaping the future of business.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nearly every one who had taken deer had noticed the disappearance of gut piles by the next day.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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Tens of billions of tons sit idle in waste piles and marginal deposits, overlooked by industry but still rich with potential.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Combine potatoes, onion mixture, and one jar of pimientos in a 6-quart slow cooker.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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Ronnie waited for my reaction, his friendly face a mixture of awe, apprehension and silent apology for his youth.—
Jim Moore,
Outdoor Life,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Could only participate, if surreptitiously, in this long-overdue cumulation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Pile (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pile%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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