1
as in stacked
to lay or throw on top of one another
piled all the clothes on the chair before putting them away
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as in huddled
to gather into a closely packed group
the kids piled into the car
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Recent Examples of piled
But blunders and poor rotations and missed rebounds piled up as the Sky allowed their highest point total of the season.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
These spaghetti cups, piled with a saucy mixture of ground turkey and broccoli, and topped with cheese, are an ideal way to use leftover spaghetti.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Flight delays piled up at Denver International Airport on Wednesday afternoon after federal officials ordered a ground delay because of thunderstorms.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
The stock's sharp rise propelled SK Hynix's market capitalization above $1 trillion as investors piled into companies seen as key beneficiaries of the global scramble for high-bandwidth memory chips used in AI servers.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 27 May 2026
For decades, memory was the unglamorous corner of the semiconductor industry, a commodity business historically defined by brutal cycles where the business would struggle when demand died as inventory piled up.
—Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Along the corridors, boxes and papers were piled outside doors, sometimes strewn over the floor as though dropped and left there.
—Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
Everything is piled together in this simple recipe, which takes just 15 minutes to prepare.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
The team piled sandbags around the perimeter for protection.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
These spaghetti cups, piled with a saucy mixture of ground turkey and broccoli, and topped with cheese, are an ideal way to use leftover spaghetti.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Flight delays piled up at Denver International Airport on Wednesday afternoon after federal officials ordered a ground delay because of thunderstorms.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
The stock's sharp rise propelled SK Hynix's market capitalization above $1 trillion as investors piled into companies seen as key beneficiaries of the global scramble for high-bandwidth memory chips used in AI servers.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 27 May 2026
For decades, memory was the unglamorous corner of the semiconductor industry, a commodity business historically defined by brutal cycles where the business would struggle when demand died as inventory piled up.
—Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Along the corridors, boxes and papers were piled outside doors, sometimes strewn over the floor as though dropped and left there.
—Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
Everything is piled together in this simple recipe, which takes just 15 minutes to prepare.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
The team piled sandbags around the perimeter for protection.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piled
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Americans for Prosperity sponsored a striking display in the DECC’s Pioneer Hall, demonstrating the scale of the state’s fraud losses with faux $100 bills stacked in volumes that would total $2 billion.—
Jay Gabler,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
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The individual leaderboard is stacked with winners, as eight of the top 10 have won at least one LIV Golf title.—
FOX Sports,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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After more than a week huddled together in darkness, the five men trapped in a Laos cave received a message of hope when they were discovered by rescuers on Wednesday.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The Game was meant to kick off at noon under a slate-gray sky, with a few snowflakes in the air and fans huddled up in the stands.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Here’s what the facility, located on a busy arterial crowded with large commercial vehicles, has looked like this week.—
David Williams,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Many more friends and tavern regulars crowded into the room to find out how the board would vote with regard to Plyler’s agreement.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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“Piled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piled. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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