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
How Mecklenburg salaries stack up nationally Pay comparisons vary more when stacking Mecklenburg County up against similarly sized counties across the country.
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
The titans of gaming are combining the block-stacking puzzle gameplay of Tetris with the alien invasion action of Space Invaders for an entirely new take on the storied franchises.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
But this administration has been stacking the CDC — specifically the Office of the Director — with political appointees, around 18 or so at this point.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
Ask for shorter length in the back and longer in the front—without stacking the back layers too much.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
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
Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
The titans of gaming are combining the block-stacking puzzle gameplay of Tetris with the alien invasion action of Space Invaders for an entirely new take on the storied franchises.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
But this administration has been stacking the CDC — specifically the Office of the Director — with political appointees, around 18 or so at this point.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026
Ask for shorter length in the back and longer in the front—without stacking the back layers too much.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stacking
piling
Verb
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The gusts redistributed snow on the avalanche slope, piling it into drifts far deeper than surrounding sites.—
Matthias Gafni,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 Apr. 2026
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People were already highly concerned about affordability and the cost of living, and this would just be piling onto it.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Stacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacking. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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