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
Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 17 Mar. 2026
And new problems are piling up at a dizzying rate.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
The freewheeling Caldecott Medal-winning illustrations portray the fun and chaos of multiple generations of relatives piling into the same house and reconnecting.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
In his past six games, Dent has turned the ball over just four times while piling up a stunning 65 assists.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Both Marchment and Cooke had been suspended regularly at the time, piling up more than a half dozen suspensions.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
And with a full two months to go before the networks stage their big pitches, sports sales are already piling up.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Like the dead leaves piling up on the driveway, Darryl is often unlikeable, or seen as simply a nuisance.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
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
Verb
The oil blockade has crushed tourism, fueled unaffordable gas prices, forced hospitals to ration care and left garbage piling up in the streets.
—Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 17 Mar. 2026
And new problems are piling up at a dizzying rate.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
The freewheeling Caldecott Medal-winning illustrations portray the fun and chaos of multiple generations of relatives piling into the same house and reconnecting.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
In his past six games, Dent has turned the ball over just four times while piling up a stunning 65 assists.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Both Marchment and Cooke had been suspended regularly at the time, piling up more than a half dozen suspensions.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
And with a full two months to go before the networks stage their big pitches, sports sales are already piling up.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Like the dead leaves piling up on the driveway, Darryl is often unlikeable, or seen as simply a nuisance.
—Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piling
Noun
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The surge in crude prices unleashed by the Middle East conflict upends that and piles further pressure on the public finances.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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The story follows struggling creatives navigating debt, eviction threats and a precarious gig economy, visualized in Riley’s inventive style — from looming piles of eviction notices to characters literally struggling up and down steep inclines that mirror the instability of their lives.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Jaguars senior Valentine operated from the mid-post like a certain Joker who plays a few miles down the road, stacking dimes on silver platters and scoring 13 points around the rim.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Huskies have had too many such games in too short a span for an outside observer to feel good about their chances of stacking six solid performances in the NCAA Tournament.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
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Two days later, Abdul Basir Watan joined dozens of inmates' families crowding outside the hospital in central Kabul.—
Fazelminallah Qazizai,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2026
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Opponents are aware of this, crowding space and stopping his ball-carrying strengths, so getting the England international to perform at his best is vital.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The final days of our ordeal blurred into a nightmare of torment, wandering while daylight lasted and huddling under open shelters at night, shaking with cold.—
Elwyn "Bud" Myers,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
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Soon there were nearly 50 people huddling under umbrellas around the back of Thompson's car, some of whom had parked at the neighboring Northstar Family Church and walked through the wet grass and puddles to join the growing crowd.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Piling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piling. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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