as in piling
to lay or throw on top of one another
stacked the split logs by the house
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Recent Examples of stacking
Three of Taxstone’s cohorts on the inside, Jonathan Guerrero, Ian Diez and Abel Mora, can be seen on the jail surveillance video rolling a food cart to the corner of the room and stacking chairs on it, then rolling it to another corner near a basketball hoop.
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
But instead of mixing those flavors together, Alloway tries stacking them for an experience that’s closer to a fruit kebab than a smoothie.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
Get in and start stacking those headshots.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
After stacking their depth chart with veteran talent in free agency, the Panthers are preparing to build for the future in April’s NFL Draft.
—Mike Kaye
march 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Mar. 2026
That could work in conjunction with the current CBA, which is already engineered to create parity and prevent teams from stacking expensive contracts (and theoretically the top players who earn them) together on one team.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
On Sunday around the town of Marshfield, Haas was stacking piles of snow as high as his truck.
—Sophia Tareen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Jaguars senior Valentine operated from the mid-post like a certain Joker who plays a few miles down the road, stacking dimes on silver platters and scoring 13 points around the rim.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
The Huskies have had too many such games in too short a span for an outside observer to feel good about their chances of stacking six solid performances in the NCAA Tournament.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
But instead of mixing those flavors together, Alloway tries stacking them for an experience that’s closer to a fruit kebab than a smoothie.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 Mar. 2026
Get in and start stacking those headshots.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
After stacking their depth chart with veteran talent in free agency, the Panthers are preparing to build for the future in April’s NFL Draft.
—Mike Kaye
march 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Mar. 2026
That could work in conjunction with the current CBA, which is already engineered to create parity and prevent teams from stacking expensive contracts (and theoretically the top players who earn them) together on one team.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
On Sunday around the town of Marshfield, Haas was stacking piles of snow as high as his truck.
—Sophia Tareen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Jaguars senior Valentine operated from the mid-post like a certain Joker who plays a few miles down the road, stacking dimes on silver platters and scoring 13 points around the rim.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
The Huskies have had too many such games in too short a span for an outside observer to feel good about their chances of stacking six solid performances in the NCAA Tournament.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stacking
piling
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The Lakers announced themselves as a legitimate playoff threat by piling up thrilling, clutch time wins.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Flowers are already piling up outside the Rocha home, where the family has lived for 20 years.—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Stacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacking. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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