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
Malaika Crawford, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
The leather straps for restraining limbs are still there on opposite ends underneath stacks of paper.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
In 2024, Chinese researchers at Tianjin University reported 80 percent higher volumetric power density compared to state-of-the-art PEM fuel cell stacks (at the time) by eliminating gas diffusion layers entirely.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
What unites them all are comb rows, which are made of stacks of little hairs (cilia) that row together to propel the animal through the water.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
The artist Ernest Crichlow summons the memory of the sculptor Augusta Savage, whose studio, in a Harlem basement—amid furnaces and stacks of coal—was a paradise of enlightenment and a hive of creative effort.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Leaping boldly is as embedded in Hoda Kotb’s DNA as smiling, loving music and wearing stacks of friendship bracelets.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
SpaceX's Starshield satellite platform, derived from the Starlink design, has launched in stacks of up to 22 spacecraft on a single Falcon 9 to deploy a constellation of hundreds of all-seeing spy satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
The 2022 Journal Sentinel investigation noted that Cruse frequently shared videos and photographs on Facebook, including pictures of stacks of cash and Gucci shopping bags.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 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
Once a marker of lineage and tradition, a pinky ring is now the perfect platform on which its wearer signals their personal style—a tiny stage for diamonds, stacks, or just a single, simple gold band.
—Malaika Crawford, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
The leather straps for restraining limbs are still there on opposite ends underneath stacks of paper.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
In 2024, Chinese researchers at Tianjin University reported 80 percent higher volumetric power density compared to state-of-the-art PEM fuel cell stacks (at the time) by eliminating gas diffusion layers entirely.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
What unites them all are comb rows, which are made of stacks of little hairs (cilia) that row together to propel the animal through the water.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
The artist Ernest Crichlow summons the memory of the sculptor Augusta Savage, whose studio, in a Harlem basement—amid furnaces and stacks of coal—was a paradise of enlightenment and a hive of creative effort.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Leaping boldly is as embedded in Hoda Kotb’s DNA as smiling, loving music and wearing stacks of friendship bracelets.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
SpaceX's Starshield satellite platform, derived from the Starlink design, has launched in stacks of up to 22 spacecraft on a single Falcon 9 to deploy a constellation of hundreds of all-seeing spy satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
The 2022 Journal Sentinel investigation noted that Cruse frequently shared videos and photographs on Facebook, including pictures of stacks of cash and Gucci shopping bags.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 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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The fest happened along the shore of the Eel River and featured loads of daytime activities along with the music by night.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
25 Sep. 2025
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Planted in the fall, hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) quickly grows to 12-20 inches tall, adding loads of nitrogen to the soil and preventing erosion.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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The lawn may soon be covered in piles of leaves.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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For Zone 2, which is the area beyond Zone 1 up to 100 feet from a building, property owners are required to keep grass trimmed, space out shrubs and trees, and keep a 10-foot buffer around wood piles.—
Hannah Ruhoff,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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This popular Birdies shoe comes in tons of colors and fabrications; Meghan Markle is a fan of the style, having worn them in black on a Disneyland outing with her family.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Sep. 2025
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The next-generation Virginia class is 377 feet long with a displacement of 7,800 tons; the Los Angeles class, first deployed in 1976, measures 360 feet and displaces 6,900 tons.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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Literally one false step can send you sliding down a hill or tumbling down a cliff face in a way that sets you back anywhere from mere minutes to sizable chunks of an hour.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 Sep. 2025
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Russia’s jets do still strike Ukrainian targets, albeit from a great distance, and Russian ground forces continue to seize small chunks of territory.—
ANDRIY ZAGORODNYUK,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Sep. 2025
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The fall sale is here at Nordstrom, and it’s filled with deals on top brands and trendy looks for every style and budget.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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Exhibit 10 deals essentially represent an invite to training camp and provide a financial incentive for that player to join the organization’s G League affiliate.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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To move efficiently, information is broken into small bundles called packets, each containing the sender’s and receiver’s IP address plus the data itself.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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Various bundles, with and without ads, are rising for combinations of Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2025
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Critics warn of a bubble, pointing to how companies like Nvidia, Oracle, Broadcom and Microsoft have each added hundreds of billions of dollars in market value on the back of tie-ups with OpenAI, which is burning cash.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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Since being posted on September 23, the slideshow has gone viral, racking up over 34,000 upvotes and hundreds of delighted comments.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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If ingested in large enough quantities, this plant also can cause heart rhythm abnormalities, seizures and death.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
24 Sep. 2025
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Most of our supply comes indirectly from tritium decay in nuclear stockpiles, producing only modest quantities.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Stacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacks. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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