stacking (up)

present participle of stack (up)
as in accumulating
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here

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  • The seventh selection from the 2019 draft was supposed to be a literal centrepiece for a Sabres team that spent years accumulating talent through the draft, having drafted Rasmus Dahlin first in 2018 and still having top picks Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart on their roster.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • If many trees surround your pond, consider buying a domed net that goes over the water to keep leaves from accumulating on the surface.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • So after gathering all the adults who had tried to exert influence over the hybrids in a holding cell, Wendy laid down the new laws of the land while her Xenomorph and its chestburster youngling watched menacingly on.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
  • About half of Constellation’s US customers are Hispanic, and some have stopped going out to restaurants and gathering in large groups out of fear of being swept up in deportations, CEO Bill Newlands previously said.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • During the speech, however, Kemp periodically deviated from building up Astra to hurling insults at several of his competitors in the launch industry.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
  • And OpenAI has been building up its own sales function.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Stacking (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacking%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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