stacks 1 of 2

plural of stack
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as in loads
a considerable amount earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay

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stacks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of stack
as in heaps
to lay or throw on top of one another stacked the split logs by the house

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Recent Examples of stacks
Noun
His suns stare curiously from one side of a page spread to another and his stacks of hay worriedly study the horizon, while his one-eyed stools and one-eyed fenceposts pop up like eager cyclopses. Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026 Proofs of concepts that look the most promising can quickly become dead ends when companies discover their data centers and tech stacks are not built to support them at scale. Rohit Kapoor, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 It can also be closed off to hide stacks of dishes or the staff doing the actual cooking. Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 7 July 2026 Top 5 Can’t Miss Walk through the moss-laden trails of the Hoh Rain Forest, marvel at the massive sea stacks of Rialto Beach, and take in sweeping summit views from Hurricane Ridge. Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026 Don’t leave any piles of leaves, mulch, or stacks of firewood near the foundation of your home. Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 5 July 2026 The perfect alternative to wearing your gold ring stacks to the beach. Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 2 July 2026 Photos apparently taken by the men themselves show wads of cash on the seat of a car, in a plastic bag and in stacks on the floor of a location in New York. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 1 July 2026 Remove brush and firewood piles or stacks of rocks that provide shelter from elements and predators. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
Verb
Big mistake, though arguably only slightly more stupid than Susan, who stacks the dishwasher cutlery rack with the knives blade up. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026 The bill further stacks the legal deck by putting the burden of proof on the state in court, and by ordering judges to review that proof under the strict scrutiny standard, the most stringent bar in constitutional law. Andrew Graham july 8, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026 For the first time, disparate bank technology stacks around the world will connect through GSSP infrastructure that digitizes manual workflows. Gary Palmer, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Another scans and stacks them for the next part of the warehouse process. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 To overcome the physical scaling limits facing modern chip designers, IBM’s new nanostack architecture vertically stacks transistors in a staggered layout to pack more transistors into the same chip space. Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026 However, La Ruche takes a different approach and, rather than spreading its limited floorspace across a conventional layout, stacks its living spaces vertically like a tower. New Atlas, 19 June 2026 For a sturdy and spacious option that easily stacks on top of rolling luggage, look no further than this durable Samsonite weekender, which features a back trolley sleeve with a zippered pocket. Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2026 Some of this can be put down to the production; Kartel’s longtime collaborator and established hitmaker TJ Records conjures a palette more suited to the trebly ionosphere of Spotify streams than the groundshaking speaker stacks that once fortified dancehall’s earthly domain. Edwin “stats” Houghton, Pitchfork, 17 June 2026
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Noun
  • Engineering experts said the conversion project is complex and poses many challenges, which include making sure older buildings can safely support new loads and carving up office floors to accommodate residential living.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • More crucially, Illinois’ grid is well-equipped to deliver the large electrical loads needed to process AI and other data.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • Keep the area around your home free from debris, such as leaf piles, mulch, and grass clippings.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2026
  • Whether Spatial surrounds its reggae-toasting host with piles of drums, disorienting electronic beats, or locomotive rock music, Scratch abides as crooner, barker, mystic, meditation coach — whatever the moment requires.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • The European country imported more than 205 tons of medical cannabis in 2025, compared with about 62 tons in 2024, when cannabis reforms took effect, according to Germany’s Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has dispatched 36 tons of aid, including hygiene kits, cleaning supplies and water filters.
    Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • The data, compiled by ICE and processed by a UC Berkeley Law School initiative, sheds light on how the agency has operated in Sacramento, where dozens of arrests have taken place downtown and through administrative transfers at prisons.
    Mathew Miranda July 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • The money will finance dozens of routine but essential items, such as a new roof, a 24-seat school bus and outrigger canoes that will be used by military veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress.
    Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
Noun
  • In 2023, researchers at MIT and elsewhere proposed that the bright white chunks scattered throughout Roman concrete—known as lime clasts and long dismissed as evidence of incomplete mixing—could help explain the material’s self-healing properties.
    Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 11 July 2026
  • Officials have said the pool most likely would need to be drained again for liner repairs after chunks of blue coating were seen floating at the surface.
    Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • Le Specs is a constant go-to for eyewear, with high-quality shades that won’t run you hundreds of dollars.
    Kelsey Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
  • Though none of them passed, the dialysis industry spent hundreds of millions between 2018 and 2022 to defeat them.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • Los Angeles and Southern California are emerging as power centers in this surge, with nearly $8 billion invested across 207 deals, led by space and defense firms such as Anduril Industries and Impulse Space.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Spectrum is the most obvious example right now, and recent deals show how much buyers will pay to lock it up.
    Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • DirecTV wins in price and package offerings (more channels, packages, and plans at lower prices, which results in greater value), bundles (more variety for a cheaper price tag, which also means better value), and sports.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 9 July 2026
  • The Hill Insider bundles together many of the newsroom’s most specialized efforts.
    Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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“Stacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacks. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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