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piling 1 of 2

noun

Definition of pilingnext
as in pile

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verb

present participle of pile
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
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The complaints have been piling up in the FCC's filing system. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 Unopened mail - mostly from Blue Cross Blue Shield - piling up in apparently unused medical office in Crystal Lake. — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 It was announced with an image of the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike that left garbage piling up on the Lower East Side. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 18 Sep. 2026 The Cougars handled the same Oregon State team more cleanly in its opener, piling up 533 yards in a 13-point win. — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Calabasas coach Cary Harris likes the progress his team is making despite injuries piling up. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 After defeating Savannah State 87-0 while setting a program record for points, and piling up 627 yards of offense, the bulldogs rushed for 423 yards, converted eight of 10 third downs and scored on all 11 trips into the red zone. — D’joumbarey A. Moreau, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026 At the same time, waste is still piling up and resale’s environmental footprint is rising. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026 Beyond being used to treat diabetes and obesity, it is approved to lower cardiovascular risk, slow kidney decline and treat fatty liver disease, with trial data piling up for sleep apnea and osteoarthritis. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for piling
  1. pile
  2. stacking
  3. crowding
  4. huddling
Noun
  • The delay again has created a potential cash crunch for districts during the wait for their cut — often a main revenue source for local governments — and added to the pile of complaints about the county’s decade-long property tax system upgrade.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Around them stand darkened houses, and uncollected trash piles up on the street.
    — Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of pile
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  • The macro 2026 mission will be to mine moments of impact from the young players, as shown by Caleb Douglas, Jacob Rodriguez, Chris Bell and Michael Taaffe in Las Vegas, and to augment them, start stacking them up.
    — Keven Lerner, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In three dimensions, the familiar orange-stacking grocery store method is the densest possible arrangement.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • Other than staying 100 yards away from the whale at all times, not crowding or pursuing it, and staying alert out on the water, the Center also noted that locals can help by sending any sightings of it to their website or the WhaleAlert app.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The combination of factors has meant a relatively sudden drop in enrollment for a district that even this summer opened new schools to reduce crowding on other campuses.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of crowding
Verb
  • Saturday brought periods of rain, smaller crowds and people huddling beneath umbrellas while performers and vendors pushed ahead.
    — J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Lisa Keller, a history professor at the State University of New York College at Purchase, recalls huddling with other historians, debating what would come next.
    — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
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“Piling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piling. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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