STACK (UP) Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

stack (up)

verb

Definition of stack (up)

as in to accumulate

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here

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Hassouna and co-editor Denis LePaven pace the chronological patchwork of footage less as a story with a predestined shape, and more as shifting tiles of accumulating losses that the audience can traverse without being too overwhelmed.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
The forces of destruction accumulated through the Second World War.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

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Every autumn, as the bay freezes, hundreds of these bears gather around it before heading out across the ice, and thousands of tourists come to see them.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
As my family gathered at my younger brother's apartment in downtown Philadelphia the next day, the mood was deeply heavy.

— Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026

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