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
Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
From junior games on pitches every weekend, to crowds piling into pubs to watch England play the World Cup, football, as it is called outside of the United States, is deeply ingrained in the British national psyche.
—Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
The conflict in the Middle East has posed a severe risk to the Indian economy, as energy supply disruptions have inflated the country's import bill, piling pressure on the rupee that has already been hit by record foreign investor outflows.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 5 June 2026
Flowers are piling up at the scene of a morning walk that turned deadly.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 3 June 2026
But the underdog status hasn’t deterred bettors from piling onto Knicks fever.
—Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 3 June 2026
In the new Hubble image, some of the gas on the outer edge of M88 can be seen compressing and piling up.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 30 May 2026
Meanwhile, the scientific evidence of what space does to the human body keeps piling up.
—Omar Kardoudi
may 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
Conversations today could escalate quickly if frustrations, assumptions or passive-aggressive comments start piling up.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Verb
Apollo Neuro reviews have been piling up across the internet as more people try the wearable device that aims to rebalance the nervous system by stimulating the vagus nerve.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
From junior games on pitches every weekend, to crowds piling into pubs to watch England play the World Cup, football, as it is called outside of the United States, is deeply ingrained in the British national psyche.
—Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
The conflict in the Middle East has posed a severe risk to the Indian economy, as energy supply disruptions have inflated the country's import bill, piling pressure on the rupee that has already been hit by record foreign investor outflows.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 5 June 2026
Flowers are piling up at the scene of a morning walk that turned deadly.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 3 June 2026
But the underdog status hasn’t deterred bettors from piling onto Knicks fever.
—Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 3 June 2026
In the new Hubble image, some of the gas on the outer edge of M88 can be seen compressing and piling up.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 30 May 2026
Meanwhile, the scientific evidence of what space does to the human body keeps piling up.
—Omar Kardoudi
may 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
Conversations today could escalate quickly if frustrations, assumptions or passive-aggressive comments start piling up.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piling
Noun
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If some, over that last 78 years, were able to look away before, where can one look now when rubble piles up in every direction?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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America’s emergency pile of crude, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, is rapidly heading toward the lowest level since the early 1980s.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Mauricio Pochettino insisted that the United States’ policy of stacking its pre-World Cup schedule with high-quality opposition has been the right approach ahead of the World Cup.—
Tom Bogert,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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That feature gives manufacturers more flexibility when stacking additional circuitry onto existing chips.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 June 2026
Verb
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Charles-Henry Monchau, chief investment officer at Syz Group, said bitcoin’s latest weekly decline has been driven by a combination of Strategy’s selling and a crowding-out effect from hot money chasing other assets.—
Tanaya Macheel,Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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But judging from all the people crowding into downtown on that unseasonably warm March afternoon, Livermore isn’t so hidden anymore.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
Verb
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There were women like her—some Indigenous and some African-looking sorrowful in their coarse linen shifts, huddling together.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Executives and coaches, huddling in a hushed room, mull a decision.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
20 May 2026
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“Piling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piling. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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