pyramiding

verb

present participle of pyramid
as in layering

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  1. layering
  2. stacking
  3. piling
  4. banking
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  • The 13 Going on 30 star wore overalls embroidered with her nickname—Jen—layering them over a white tank and tying a red bandana around her neck.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 20 July 2026
  • Three Structural Changes That Actually Work Repairing this requires confronting the incentive structure directly, not layering on additional process steps.
    — Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of layering
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  • Home run bets are challenging to hit, and stacking losing picks is part of the equation.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
  • Mall of America, American Dream and Rockefeller Center all publish rolling schedules, and stacking a free concert or seasonal event onto a shopping trip turns the same visit into a full day out.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of stacking
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  • Delays start piling up in 2025 Nearly three-quarters of the sites – over 500 – have been delayed at least once, and the delays are growing significantly longer.
    — Austin Fast, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • When the requests started piling up into the 100s, Vraa knew he on to something.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of piling
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  • All while banking that their veteran-laden team can stay reasonably healthy.
    — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Video shared on social media shows one of the team's F/A-18E/F Super Hornets making an unusually low pass over the shoreline before banking away over the Gulf.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of banking
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