1
as in loads
a considerable amount
earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay
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2
as in piles
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
a stack of playing cards
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Recent Examples of stacks
Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Cut tools, simplify stacks, and prioritize AI-native platforms that integrate and adapt.
—Cameron Partridge, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The walls of the residence are bare, but the floor is covered in knee-high stacks of papers, model kits, unopened parcels, and bags of books.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
In the conflict between Hobbes and Rousseau, between visions of primordial humankind as inherently brutal or inherently peaceful, Tsangari stacks the dramatic deck in favor of benign and placid human nature.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Each social media post or podcast episode is a brick that stacks on top of the others.
—Mike Hodgkinson, Big Think, 4 Aug. 2025
This stacks growth on top of a 63 percent increase in trades for the first half of 2024 from the first half of 2023.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
Store stacks of paper napkins, cups, and plates that have been opened in a pantry.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Cut tools, simplify stacks, and prioritize AI-native platforms that integrate and adapt.
—Cameron Partridge, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The walls of the residence are bare, but the floor is covered in knee-high stacks of papers, model kits, unopened parcels, and bags of books.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
Behind its all-glass façade, the home stacks four bedrooms and five baths around an elevator core.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
In the conflict between Hobbes and Rousseau, between visions of primordial humankind as inherently brutal or inherently peaceful, Tsangari stacks the dramatic deck in favor of benign and placid human nature.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Each social media post or podcast episode is a brick that stacks on top of the others.
—Mike Hodgkinson, Big Think, 4 Aug. 2025
This stacks growth on top of a 63 percent increase in trades for the first half of 2024 from the first half of 2023.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stacks
Noun
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Federal agents stopped three boats that were en route to South Florida from the Bahamas and were smuggling large loads of cocaine and dozens of Chinese migrants last week, according to court documents.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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On top of that, the humanoid handled different types of dishwasher loads, from dishes to glasses, adapting itself to execute the task with perfection.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wolf spiders prefer dark hiding places like piles of leaves or fallen logs.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
6 Sep. 2025
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Remove wood piles and clutter, seal cracks and leaks, and keep your floors, counters, and appliances clean to prevent pests from entering.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Sep. 2025
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Today, carbon capture is far from being deployed at scale, despite billions of dollars in investments around the world, and the amount of carbon currently captured is just a tiny fraction of the billions of tons of carbon dioxide emitted every year.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Currently, only 37% of the more than 5 million tons of trash generated in the county each year is recycled — and even that is hampered by a 40% contamination rate.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Pastors in the African Methodist Episcopal Church were giving up chunks of their salaries to colleagues who lost churches in the area.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2025
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Ship sports other battle scars as well; several chunks are missing near its base, which looks a bit like the ear of a dog that lost a fight.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Then keep scrolling to shop more fall-ready Pottery Barn bedding deals.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some of Amazon’s top patio furniture deals include this five-piece set from Devoko that’s now under $300, and this Best Choice Products bistro set that’s finally under $100.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Sep. 2025
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Other prizes include an Airbnb gift card, virtual reality gaming bundles or lessons to become a DJ, musician, stand-up comic or a graffiti artist.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Crucially, many of those bundles have focused on content outside the Times’ core news offerings.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Associated PressThe folders included hundreds of images of court documents dating back years, along with video clips that appeared to show police body camera footage from searches and interviews conducted with victims.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Still, what’s missing from the public discourse about violence in Chicago is the realization that suicide, and not homicide alone, is silently taking the lives of hundreds of Black residents across the city.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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With its price still under wraps, no cap was given for the Gérald Genta Minute Repeater but it is expected to be produced in limited quantities and be available from September.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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The grim irony of Sudan’s predicament is that Africa’s third-largest country boasts significant mineral reserves, including huge quantities of gold, as well as vast swathes of arable land.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Stacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacks. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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