piling (up)

present participle of pile (up)
as in accumulating
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass snow piling up in the driveway at a rapid pace

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piling (up)
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  • Both played in Week 1, but head into Week 2 still on the Niners’ injury report with Jennings accumulating a new shoulder injury in the process.
    Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Arcángela and Serafina remain in the women’s penitentiary, continuing to operate illicit businesses and accumulating wealth, but without hope of freedom.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • This means gathering people with diverse professional backgrounds, as well as drawing from internal talent with deep institutional knowledge.
    Maureen Cawley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In his Kurdish-majority town (equidistant from large cities Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakır, also with large Kurdish populations), Eyüp works at a tomato harvesting farm, gathering and salting heaps of the crimson fruit under the baking sun.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • Both teams are 1-0 and building up playoff aspirations, and the latest Parsons-Daniels matchup is must-see stuff.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The same concern emerges in places like Haiti and Ecuador, as foreign mercenaries and drones are being drafted in at the expense of building up the local armed forces and the national police.
    Alia Brahimi, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Piling (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piling%20%28up%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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