1
as in stacks
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
a large pile of newspapers that needed to be disposed of
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2
as in loads
a considerable amount
a job that paid piles of money
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as in heaps
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 huddles
to gather into a closely packed group
the kids piled into the car
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Recent Examples of piles
Osmary Hernández,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
Idling trucks, sandbag piles and large metal trailers stationed around a massive cold storage facility that burned for days in Boyle Heights signaled that the work to clean up millions of pounds of spoiled food and burned debris had begun Friday morning.
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Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Huge piles of textile waste were illegally shipped from Italy to Turkey to avoid expensive recycling requirements, according to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
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Roy Stephen Canivel,
Footwear News,
26 June 2026
These committees don’t have contribution limits, allowing candidates to hoard huge piles of cash.
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Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
25 June 2026
Dampwood termites are found in logs, fence posts, and utility poles; damp wood termites are attracted to firewood piles and water leaks such as from water pipes and AC units.
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Arricca Elin Sansone,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
Video showed the young children climbing over piles of rubble in La Guaira.
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Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Television broadcasts Thursday showed rescue workers using power tools to work their way into piles of rubble where buildings once stood.
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Regina Garcia Cano,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 June 2026
This post was originally published on June 18 Bitcoin has struggled this year as the artificial intelligence investment boom piles pressure on crypto (even as BlackRock issues a massive $9 trillion prediction).
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Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
The result piles more pressure on Starmer, the least popular prime minister since records began, according to some polls.
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Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
27 Feb. 2026
But when snow piles up in powdery white masses, Arizonans can't resist the opportunity to play in it.
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Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
19 Feb. 2026
His intervention piles fresh pressure on the prime minister.
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Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
9 Feb. 2026
But the cleanups did remove the garbage that piles up along the San Juan, robbing the gillagers of a reliable source of income.
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Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
These outdoor hangout spots don't get much use during the winter, but snow still piles up on decks during winter storms.
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Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
Blackwood’s absence piles it on with several layers of awful.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
4 Jan. 2026
Then Carol piles everything on her plate into a rough slice of avocado toast, mashing them together in an improvised layer.
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Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
What was left of other buildings were buried under piles of their own debris.
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Osmary Hernández,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
Idling trucks, sandbag piles and large metal trailers stationed around a massive cold storage facility that burned for days in Boyle Heights signaled that the work to clean up millions of pounds of spoiled food and burned debris had begun Friday morning.
—
Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Huge piles of textile waste were illegally shipped from Italy to Turkey to avoid expensive recycling requirements, according to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
—
Roy Stephen Canivel,
Footwear News,
26 June 2026
These committees don’t have contribution limits, allowing candidates to hoard huge piles of cash.
—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
25 June 2026
Dampwood termites are found in logs, fence posts, and utility poles; damp wood termites are attracted to firewood piles and water leaks such as from water pipes and AC units.
—
Arricca Elin Sansone,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
Video showed the young children climbing over piles of rubble in La Guaira.
—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Television broadcasts Thursday showed rescue workers using power tools to work their way into piles of rubble where buildings once stood.
—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 June 2026
This post was originally published on June 18 Bitcoin has struggled this year as the artificial intelligence investment boom piles pressure on crypto (even as BlackRock issues a massive $9 trillion prediction).
—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Verb
More specifically — and without spoiling a story that piles the twists as high as the corpses — Pine's an ex-British soldier pulled from his porter duties and recruited to surveil a ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) staying at the hotel.
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Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
The result piles more pressure on Starmer, the least popular prime minister since records began, according to some polls.
—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
27 Feb. 2026
But when snow piles up in powdery white masses, Arizonans can't resist the opportunity to play in it.
—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
19 Feb. 2026
His intervention piles fresh pressure on the prime minister.
—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
9 Feb. 2026
But the cleanups did remove the garbage that piles up along the San Juan, robbing the gillagers of a reliable source of income.
—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
These outdoor hangout spots don't get much use during the winter, but snow still piles up on decks during winter storms.
—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
Blackwood’s absence piles it on with several layers of awful.
—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
4 Jan. 2026
Then Carol piles everything on her plate into a rough slice of avocado toast, mashing them together in an improvised layer.
—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piles
Noun
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Most companies in the space are selling expensive diagnostics and supplement stacks to wealthy early adopters.
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Only select Archives employees are permitted to go into those stacks; one staffer suggested to me that this is because anyone can disappear in there, sucked down rabbit holes, if there are no guardrails.
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Lithium batteries often maintain more consistent performance throughout their charge cycle, a trait that may be noticeable when tackling hills or carrying heavier loads.
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This leads to higher fungal loads.
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The attractive, mid-30s crowd seemed to be a mix of friends and couples donning beards, tattoos, red lips, and furs worn with sneakers.
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No one wanted to stand behind the commanding warriors, draped in blankets and furs, brass hoops in their earlobes, medals and wampum on their strong chests, silver armbands glinting in the light.
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Although the word cashmere is sometimes incorrectly applied to extremely soft wools, only the product of the cashmere goat is true cashmere.
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Raising the bar on fabric research, Moorer paired technical wools or cotton chenille with silk, and introduced the rare and naturally soft yak fiber to the outerwear range.
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An engineer overhears a sales call where a partner is requesting a specific feature and immediately huddles with the salesperson once the line clicks shut.
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The boiler is broken, so Kuhner huddles by a small space heater in his office in the winter.
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At the time, certain teams wore BLM patches and stenciled the BLM logo onto the pitcher’s mounds.
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Regular mowing can also disrupt ant mounds.
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The aim is to cut greenhouse gases from roughly 350,000 tons of organic waste a year and help Los Angeles finally comply with California’s ambitious Senate Bill 1383 composting mandates.
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There are tons of mice out there with an entire keypad’s worth of thumb buttons — the Razer Naga pioneered the genre.
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Cook County animal control also reminded pet owners that animals with short coats, or with white or tan fur, are more susceptible to sunburbn, especially on their noses.
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While expecting her son Patrick Bouvier in 1963, Kennedy wore ladylike looks like double-breasted maternity coats and shift dresses.
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“Piles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piles. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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