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
Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Soon, bodies are piling up as Spade, the police, O’Shaughnessy and her co-conspirators search for the relic.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Day’Ron Sharpe took over the middle of the fourth, initiating offense, winning loose-ball moments and piling up nine points and five rebounds in the final frame alone.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
Whatever the reason, the Sabres started slow, getting outshot 6-2 in the first period while piling up seven giveaways.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Oil barrels are piling up in the Middle East with nowhere to go because the tankers are not moving.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
This prevented clutter from piling up.
—Brittany Huston, The Spruce, 5 Mar. 2026
At the same time, a backlog of applications that had already been approved for the rebate started piling up, with many filmmakers now facing yearslong delays for reimbursement.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
Now, after a series of spending hikes and tax cuts, deficits are piling up year after year, and the Congressional Budget Office expects federal debt to hit a historic high of 120% of America’s gross domestic product by 2035.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Verb
With a global plastics treaty stalled and tens of thousands of items piling up per square kilometer in the Mediterranean’s deepest trench, the gap between the scale of ocean plastic pollution and the world’s response to it is only growing.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Soon, bodies are piling up as Spade, the police, O’Shaughnessy and her co-conspirators search for the relic.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Day’Ron Sharpe took over the middle of the fourth, initiating offense, winning loose-ball moments and piling up nine points and five rebounds in the final frame alone.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
Whatever the reason, the Sabres started slow, getting outshot 6-2 in the first period while piling up seven giveaways.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Oil barrels are piling up in the Middle East with nowhere to go because the tankers are not moving.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
This prevented clutter from piling up.
—Brittany Huston, The Spruce, 5 Mar. 2026
At the same time, a backlog of applications that had already been approved for the rebate started piling up, with many filmmakers now facing yearslong delays for reimbursement.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
Now, after a series of spending hikes and tax cuts, deficits are piling up year after year, and the Congressional Budget Office expects federal debt to hit a historic high of 120% of America’s gross domestic product by 2035.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piling
Noun
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Nvidia is using its mammoth cash pile to expand into new product areas.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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The evidence is irrefutable — a pile of drool atop a drenched spot on your pillow.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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They are built by stacking multiple memory dies, each thinner than a human hair, with microscopic precision.—
Ian King,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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And because these trips rely on stacking PTO with existing days off, they can be planned far in advance, which often means better flight deals.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Keep in mind that SpaceX is not the only one crowding the sky.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2026
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This will prevent crowding and keep diseases away.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But everyone else stripped down to their bathing suits, huddling in the heated confines of a womb-like space.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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These are parks that come alive in the winter, with warm temps and surprisingly vibrant ecosystems that thrive when the rest of the country is huddling under a blanket of snow and ice.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Piling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piling. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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