stacking

present participle of stack

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stacking The humanoid is built to help warehouse and manufacturing employees with repetitive tasks like lifting boxes, stacking totes and moving items from other mobile robots onto conveyor belts. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026 Owners who skip this question tend to be the ones who end up stacking a second and third advance to cover the first. — Elliot Ashkenazie, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 The tone, momentum and overall direction often are determined by a precious few snaps, and instead of stacking breakthrough moments the Chiefs kept stalling. — Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026 Advertisement The Times noted that ballot-stacking tactics are generally considered legal and have been used by both parties. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 29 Oct. 2026 Ballot-stacking tactics are common in politics, are widely considered legal, the New York Times reported. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 There also is an obvious risk in stacking a project with huge apartments. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 28 Oct. 2026 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
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

Cite this Entry

“Stacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacking. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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