1
as in stacking
to lay or throw on top of one another
piled all the clothes on the chair before putting them away
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2
as in crowding
to gather into a closely packed group
the kids piled into the car
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Recent Examples of piling
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
Its use in Medicare risks introducing friction and frustration into the program — and piling costs onto its beneficiaries.
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Darius Tahir,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
My near misses had been piling up for years, collecting interest.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Much of their free time was spent at the beach, riding bikes around town or piling into cars to watch the sunset.
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Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
Make sure to regularly assess which items are truly needed on a daily basis to avoid the tray from piling up with additional products.
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Emily Benda Gaylord,
The Spruce,
20 June 2026
Empty the mailbox before leaving on a trip, and be sure to sort through mail that's been piling up.
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Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
Because of the ever-present power law, returns come from a thin tail of outliers, and for now allocation is piling into those, still largely in the US.
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Alex Lazarow,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Instead of piling sounds together for maximalist overwhelm, their more minimal approach allows for a great deal of expression in their respective playing.
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Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
16 June 2026
Verb
Now, however, a perfect storm has brewed in global markets, with Google-parent Alphabet losing two key AI scientists and worries piling up about the high costs required for AI to expand.
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Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
Its use in Medicare risks introducing friction and frustration into the program — and piling costs onto its beneficiaries.
—
Darius Tahir,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
My near misses had been piling up for years, collecting interest.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Much of their free time was spent at the beach, riding bikes around town or piling into cars to watch the sunset.
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Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
Make sure to regularly assess which items are truly needed on a daily basis to avoid the tray from piling up with additional products.
—
Emily Benda Gaylord,
The Spruce,
20 June 2026
Empty the mailbox before leaving on a trip, and be sure to sort through mail that's been piling up.
—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
Because of the ever-present power law, returns come from a thin tail of outliers, and for now allocation is piling into those, still largely in the US.
—
Alex Lazarow,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Instead of piling sounds together for maximalist overwhelm, their more minimal approach allows for a great deal of expression in their respective playing.
—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piling
Noun
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Remove brush, leaf, and firewood piles that provide shelter to animals and attract fleas.
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Instead, the pile keeps growing and the mornings keep getting harder.
Verb
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With the intention of permanently moving the orbiter Discovery to California, the Air Force designed SLC-6 differently from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, most notably by stacking the vehicle directly on the pad rather than in a more distant assembly building.
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For a more complex arrangement, try stacking dwarf azaleas in front of taller mountain laurels and select plants with coordinating flower colors.
Verb
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The strategy of rebuilding fragmented professional services at the AI layer is real, and American capital is already crowding into it.
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Nearby residents decried the Ostara plan as too large for the site and brought up worries about traffic congestion, safety for walk-to-school routes and increased crowding at Naper Elementary, among many other points of contention.
Verb
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Now, the girls' mother is sharing her thoughts on the video, in which one of Brodsky's daughters could be seen crying and huddling close to their father while the other man continued to berate them.
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Cameron Knight Tim Klanke was huddling in the basement of his Amelia home Wednesday night with his wife and kid.
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“Piling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piling. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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