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
But that didn’t prevent WWE from stacking the card with a major six-woman tag team match.
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
At home, store soft fruits in a single layer in a shallow container rather than stacking them in a deep bowl.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
Interestingly, the modular design allows operators to rapidly assemble, connect, and scale up their power capacity by stacking or chaining additional units.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
By stacking many photographs together and using computer software to filter out the noise, photographers can achieve a smoother, artifact-free version of the image.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
There are certain design decisions and details that are more popular in small homes and apartments where space is limited, Hanging pots and pans from a rail, choosing sofas with storage, and stacking a washer and dryer, for all make sense in a small space, for example.
—Lacey Ramburger, The Spruce, 22 May 2026
Her now-signature vocal production style, stacking layers and layers of airy harmonies in intricate arrangements, first started to take shape on Dangerous Woman.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 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
Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
At home, store soft fruits in a single layer in a shallow container rather than stacking them in a deep bowl.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
Interestingly, the modular design allows operators to rapidly assemble, connect, and scale up their power capacity by stacking or chaining additional units.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
By stacking many photographs together and using computer software to filter out the noise, photographers can achieve a smoother, artifact-free version of the image.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
There are certain design decisions and details that are more popular in small homes and apartments where space is limited, Hanging pots and pans from a rail, choosing sofas with storage, and stacking a washer and dryer, for all make sense in a small space, for example.
—Lacey Ramburger, The Spruce, 22 May 2026
Her now-signature vocal production style, stacking layers and layers of airy harmonies in intricate arrangements, first started to take shape on Dangerous Woman.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 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
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
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“Stacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacking. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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