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
Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Flatter stacks, meanwhile, more easily maintain their center of gravity.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
Founders are building orchestration layers, agent runtimes, observability, RAG stacks, semantic layers — each one a real improvement.
—Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Since then, the Los Angeles County agricultural commissioner has been collaborating with the fumigation facilities on ideas to reduce risk from the pesticide, including installing higher smoke stacks to disperse emissions and prohibiting fumigation during school hours.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Many software businesses have been investing in more tools to boost their AI software stacks and preempt competitive AI pressures.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
Earlier research has suggested that pregnant women's exposure to air pollution more broadly, including smog spewed by vehicles, smoke stacks and lead, may be linked to the developmental disorder.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 20 Jan. 2026
Boesch, who had on a white shirt and jeans, pulled out a ziplock bag stuffed with thick stacks of intact cards.
—Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Get Rid Of Clutter Knick-knacks, stacks of magazines, and piles of untended laundry can be magnets for dust.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
Instead of playing Tetris with all the food storage containers in your fridge and freezer, invest in a set that stacks nicely.
—Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026
The ShackBurger stacks a quarter pound patty, American cheese, lettuce, tomato and ShackSauce.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Freestore stacks all that inventory to the ceiling in its giant distribution center in the west side neighborhood of Riverside.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2025
The lamp stacks out to the far sides appear much the same as before, albeit with rectangles replacing the angled polygons at the lowest level.
—New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2025
Either way, the offense needs to be able to adapt, just like when an opposing team stacks the box against Rico Dowdle or Chuba Hubbard.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025
Relief on that levy—which stacks on top of Liberation Day tariffs—could be a boon for the Asian nation at a time when domestic demand is weak.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
The technology forms a protective layer so that lithium stacks uniformly.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
In the back room were stacks upon stacks of toilet paper, diapers and paper towels.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Flatter stacks, meanwhile, more easily maintain their center of gravity.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
Founders are building orchestration layers, agent runtimes, observability, RAG stacks, semantic layers — each one a real improvement.
—Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Since then, the Los Angeles County agricultural commissioner has been collaborating with the fumigation facilities on ideas to reduce risk from the pesticide, including installing higher smoke stacks to disperse emissions and prohibiting fumigation during school hours.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Many software businesses have been investing in more tools to boost their AI software stacks and preempt competitive AI pressures.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
Earlier research has suggested that pregnant women's exposure to air pollution more broadly, including smog spewed by vehicles, smoke stacks and lead, may be linked to the developmental disorder.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 20 Jan. 2026
Boesch, who had on a white shirt and jeans, pulled out a ziplock bag stuffed with thick stacks of intact cards.
—Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Get Rid Of Clutter Knick-knacks, stacks of magazines, and piles of untended laundry can be magnets for dust.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2025
Verb
At the end of lunch, the entire crew scoops their leftover food into a compost bin, and then neatly stacks their containers on top of each others.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
Instead of playing Tetris with all the food storage containers in your fridge and freezer, invest in a set that stacks nicely.
—Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2026
The ShackBurger stacks a quarter pound patty, American cheese, lettuce, tomato and ShackSauce.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Freestore stacks all that inventory to the ceiling in its giant distribution center in the west side neighborhood of Riverside.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2025
The lamp stacks out to the far sides appear much the same as before, albeit with rectangles replacing the angled polygons at the lowest level.
—New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2025
Either way, the offense needs to be able to adapt, just like when an opposing team stacks the box against Rico Dowdle or Chuba Hubbard.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025
Relief on that levy—which stacks on top of Liberation Day tariffs—could be a boon for the Asian nation at a time when domestic demand is weak.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
The technology forms a protective layer so that lithium stacks uniformly.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stacks
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The company has been generating revenue since shortly after its founding in 2017, hauling loads for customers like Walmart in trucks with human safety drivers at the wheel.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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There are loads of cool details hidden throughout the set, too, with refuelling pipes and a moving bridge that connects the tower to the Orion module.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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These are the ultimate capitalists, pecking ruggedly at the earth’s skin and turning its lifeblood into piles of cash.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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Like, piles of garbage, trash bags.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
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And the tweet is a neat part of why everyone seems happy in Clipperland these days, after tons of drama going back to the summer.—
Tim Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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According to the indictment, Wedding is accused of moving as much as 60 tons of cocaine between those countries, and his drug trafficking group is believed to be the largest supplier of cocaine to Canada.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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It will be solved by dozens of unglamorous decisions that expand supply, restore competition and reduce hidden cost drivers across the economy.—
J.D. Hayworth,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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Some travelers argued with police and insisted on continuing toward Murree, officials said, even as authorities said dozens of vehicles parked outside hotels in the area had been buried under heavy snowfall.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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Add ground beef to center; cook, stirring to break up any large chunks, until browned, 6 to 7 minutes.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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Council members took aim at three chunks of Ada County along Interstate 84, areas the city is calling South Airport, Third Bench and East Columbia.—
Mark Dee
January 29,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
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In a field experiment with hundreds of consultants, GPT-4 improved speed and quality on some knowledge tasks while performance dropped on other, seemingly similar tasks just outside its strengths.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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In San Francisco, hundreds of people gathered for a protest and march to speak out against ICE, with many expressing anger and outrage about the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.—
Andrea Nakano,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Facilitating business deals Large business delegations often accompany national leaders when making state visits.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Keep scrolling for more can’t-miss outlet deals available at Wayfair.—
Ali Faccenda,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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Even before the expedition reached land, Islanders had gone out to the ships, paddling canoes or reed bundles, or just swimming, unafraid and unarmed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Budget airlines are offering more premium options in an attempt to increase revenue, including Spirit, which introduced new fare bundles in 2024 with priority check-in and their take on a first-class experience.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Stacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacks. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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