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
Layering security means stacking controls so no single failure leads to a breach.
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Andy White, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
During a recent experience, the eight mini games ranged from trivia to stacking foam blocks and from Nerf dart shooting to spinning a giant wheel for points.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Palermo is intentional about those combinations, carefully curating each night rather than merely stacking names.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 13 May 2026
The Giants answered by stacking three straight hits off Sasaki, including a two-run, go-ahead double by Heliot Ramos that knocked the Dodgers right-hander out of the game without recording an out in the inning.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 May 2026
The company assembled a Starship Version 3 (V3) vehicle for the first time over the weekend, stacking a Ship upper stage atop a Super Heavy first-stage booster at its Starbase site in South Texas.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 12 May 2026
That administration established political control over key judicial institutions by stacking higher courts with friendly judges and punishing its critics with disciplinary action or assignments to faraway locations.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
Fowler has quietly been stacking solid results for the better part of a year.
—Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
The big carriers have spent years stacking on flashy extras like streaming perks or event discounts to make pricey plans feel worth it, and most people are too busy to dig into whether those add-ons actually justify the cost.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Andy White, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
During a recent experience, the eight mini games ranged from trivia to stacking foam blocks and from Nerf dart shooting to spinning a giant wheel for points.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
Palermo is intentional about those combinations, carefully curating each night rather than merely stacking names.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 13 May 2026
The Giants answered by stacking three straight hits off Sasaki, including a two-run, go-ahead double by Heliot Ramos that knocked the Dodgers right-hander out of the game without recording an out in the inning.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 May 2026
The company assembled a Starship Version 3 (V3) vehicle for the first time over the weekend, stacking a Ship upper stage atop a Super Heavy first-stage booster at its Starbase site in South Texas.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 12 May 2026
That administration established political control over key judicial institutions by stacking higher courts with friendly judges and punishing its critics with disciplinary action or assignments to faraway locations.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
Fowler has quietly been stacking solid results for the better part of a year.
—Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
The big carriers have spent years stacking on flashy extras like streaming perks or event discounts to make pricey plans feel worth it, and most people are too busy to dig into whether those add-ons actually justify the cost.
—Jon Stojan, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stacking
piling
Verb
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When Sarah’s eyes moved from the map to the paper piling up in my writing nook marked with the chicken scratchings of a madman, her eyebrows arched to the highest point eyebrows can arch.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Martin acknowledged piling bison carcasses in a gulley for erosion control.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Stacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacking. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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