stacking

present participle of stack

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stacking Because the mesh is extremely thin and flexible, the researchers suggest stacking multiple layers to increase the total electricity generated without substantially increasing the device's bulk. — New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026 Building guitar chords by playing one note and then stacking another note separately. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026 As in stacking good days of practice or stacking recruiting classes. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 Along with planting native trees, shrubs, and flowers to establish a winter food source, Belike also recommends stacking brush into a pile that can become a cold-weather habitat. — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 19 Oct. 2026 Rather than cram more transistors onto a single layer of silicon, Huawei is stacking chips in three dimensions. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 And since Tampa Bay couldn’t make the playoffs last season despite a red-hot start, Bowles needs to start stacking wins. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 The sheer variety, including difficult to balance triangles, makes stacking increasingly hazardous. — John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 The researchers went a step further by stacking BTO and CFO nanomembranes on silicon micro-ring resonators, allowing a single device to control light using both electrical and magnetic effects. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stacking
piling
Verb
  • Rather than piling billions of dollars into the frontier model arms race, Amazon's focus has been on AI solutions that enhance its own, proven, money-making offerings.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But Oracle’s investors are not happy with this piling debt load.
    — Adrian Ma, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

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“Stacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacking. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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