1
as in loads
a considerable amount
earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay
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2
as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
a stack of playing cards
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Recent Examples of stack
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
The members of the Thursday Murder Club were once a foursome that included a former police officer who took a stack of unsolved cases with her on her way out the door so many years back.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
SpaceX had stacked the deck against Ship on Flight 10 as well, removing some of its heat-shield tiles for research purposes.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Neglecting To Pay Bills Double-check your stack of bills before leaving town.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
The members of the Thursday Murder Club were once a foursome that included a former police officer who took a stack of unsolved cases with her on her way out the door so many years back.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
As is the case with almost all country-specific duties Trump has enacted, sectoral tariffs — such as the 50% across-the-board tariff on steel and aluminum, as well as others he’s threatened — won’t be stacked.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
SpaceX had stacked the deck against Ship on Flight 10 as well, removing some of its heat-shield tiles for research purposes.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stack
Noun
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David Naylor, Rayburn’s president and CEO, said the addition is small compared to most data center loads.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Antonoff really puts out as her producer, helping her cram the music full of nonstop twists and turns, with loads of Abba and Eurodisco.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Making its debut at IFA this year, the Roborock Curv 2 Pro can raise itself even higher than its predecessor to clear plushy carpets or lower itself down for a better clean on low-pile rugs.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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Somehow, they got caught up in a donation pile.—
Joanna Allhands,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That output is enough to power 55,000 homes, cutting coal consumption by 30,000 tons and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 80,000 tons.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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That storm, still the one to beat, towered more than a mile into the sky, stretched across nearly 100 miles of the desert at times and deposited 40,000 tons of dust across Phoenix.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gilbert and her volunteer group had already planted dozens of trees in just a couple of hours, moving diagonally across a open, grassy field surrounded by ponderosa pines.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The animal control people brought the dozen dogs, believed to be pitbull mixes, to nonprofit adoption shelter Nashville Humane Association.—
Brad Schmitt,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2025
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During a recent matchup against the El Paso Chihuahuas, with a starting temperature of 99 degrees, fans were energized by a slew of mid-inning antics.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Getty Images Amidst the slew of corporate earnings and macro-economic data released in the past week, two developments struck me, both of which give the impression of the tectonics of geopolitics pushing against each other.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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As history demonstrates, peace deals can be thrown overboard when an aggressor senses an opportunity to gain advantage.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The law currently gives prosecutors too much leverage in the courtroom and pressures defendants to take a plea deal over defending themselves at trial, Preston said.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pastors in the African Methodist Episcopal Church were giving up chunks of their salaries to colleagues who lost churches in the area.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2025
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Ancillary fees—from seat selection to baggage—now make up a major chunk of airline profits.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Storm Breaker, donning black and white patterning, is probably the least attractive of the bunch (to me, anyway).—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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But the new film, set in 1986, finds the Warrens dealing with a bunch of personal matters, as well as a Pennsylvania family haunted by a mirror cursed with malevolent spirits.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Stack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stack. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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