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
Jaures Yip, CNBC, 7 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
At the Target store on Riverside Boulevard on Friday, stacks of plastic bags sat prominently at checkout counters — the only visible option available for shoppers at both self-checkout kiosks and traditional lanes.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
In the distance, the twin stacks of Moss Landing Power Plant sit among factories pushing plumes of smoke into the air.
—Alonso Daboub, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
More than 24 hours after a fire engulfed a lumberyard just east of downtown Kansas City, firefighters are still on the scene working to put out flames and hot spots in stacks of lumber.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
The other semi's truck was also ripped open, which revealed stacks of tires.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
During 15 years working across various tech stacks and companies, this has been the most straightforward, underrated, and powerful way to regain my excitement at work.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2025
Bloomberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
The Double ShackBurger stacks two quarter pound patties, American cheese, lettuce, tomato and ShackSauce.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
The technology forms a protective layer so that lithium stacks uniformly.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
There is a lot going on in Itch, but in 300-something pages, Gemma Amor stacks folk horror, body horror, a ’90s-style serial-killer thriller, and a heavy dose of female rage into something satisfying and self-supporting.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Endless Space 2 nails the basics of the genre and then stacks plenty of distinct elements on top to create something that’s memorable.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
Unlike Tesla, however, Huang said that Nvidia develops full AV stacks for other auto companies rather than manufacturing the self-driving cars themselves.
—Jaures Yip, CNBC, 7 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
At the Target store on Riverside Boulevard on Friday, stacks of plastic bags sat prominently at checkout counters — the only visible option available for shoppers at both self-checkout kiosks and traditional lanes.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
In the distance, the twin stacks of Moss Landing Power Plant sit among factories pushing plumes of smoke into the air.
—Alonso Daboub, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
More than 24 hours after a fire engulfed a lumberyard just east of downtown Kansas City, firefighters are still on the scene working to put out flames and hot spots in stacks of lumber.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
The other semi's truck was also ripped open, which revealed stacks of tires.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
During 15 years working across various tech stacks and companies, this has been the most straightforward, underrated, and powerful way to regain my excitement at work.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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 Double ShackBurger stacks two quarter pound patties, American cheese, lettuce, tomato and ShackSauce.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
The technology forms a protective layer so that lithium stacks uniformly.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
There is a lot going on in Itch, but in 300-something pages, Gemma Amor stacks folk horror, body horror, a ’90s-style serial-killer thriller, and a heavy dose of female rage into something satisfying and self-supporting.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Endless Space 2 nails the basics of the genre and then stacks plenty of distinct elements on top to create something that’s memorable.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stacks
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But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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That could mean co-locating with renewables, using batteries to extend solar availability, or making data centers flexible enough to shift heavy compute loads to periods of abundant clean power.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Shelf ice forms along beaches where ice piles up after being pushed to shore.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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Amid a large snowstorm in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, one curious dog dived into piles of snow in a now-viral video.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But given the size and mass of an Orion spacecraft – ranging from 330 to 440,925 tons (300 to 400,000 metric tons) – the number of rockets this would require was unrealistic.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Russian military bloggers said the submunitions released by each warhead apparently were unarmed but had high kinetic energy estimated to deliver a destructive force equivalent to tons of explosives.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Chicago O’Hare, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International, Denver International and Dallas-Fort Worth also experienced dozens of cancellations and hundreds of delays, FlightAware data shows.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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The original location closed more than a dozen years ago.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Once that’s been melted to water, larger chunks of the ice slough off much more easily.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
8 Jan. 2026
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If large stuck-on food chunks remain, carefully scrape them off with a razor blade, being mindful not to scratch the stovetop.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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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Act fast to shop Amazon’s current hottest deals because prices aren’t guaranteed to last through the month.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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Keep scrolling to check out more of the best Le Creuset deals happening at Amazon.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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To start, Disney now sells two skinny sports bundles, ESPN-Fox One and Fubo Sports, both of which feature the company’s sports networks without low-viewership channels Sling says it’s forced to buy.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Jan. 2026
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In several markets, such bundles already represent a meaningful share of net additions.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Stacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacks. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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