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as in loads
a considerable amount
earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay
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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
Jason Lecras, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Try breaking up stacks of books with storage baskets that hide spare phone chargers and decorative boxes perfect for storing a deck of cards or your bookmark collection.
—Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Growing up, Silva-Soto joined her mom’s long shifts cleaning houses and delivering stacks of Journal Inquirer newspapers.
—Anna Heqimi, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Disney maintains on-property greenhouses, where some topiaries were stowed along with its flower towers, decorative stacks of blooms.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
The exterior featured wood siding and stacks of Palos Verdes stone.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Not all pads are alike, but a footprint on the larger side involves five to ten acres of cleared, packed ground that serves as the hub for drilling equipment, which can include wellheads, pump jacks, tanks, wastewater storage pits, trailers, and flare stacks.
—Alex Heard, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
Ellison talked a lot about consolidation today — the tech stacks, real estate, overhead, marketing.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
Today any surface that has a coating, any device that uses stacks of extremely thin films — television screens, cell phone screens and the microchips inside — can be traced back to Katharine, repeatedly dipping a metal plate in a trough of water.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 Feb. 2026
Special enough for a holiday occasion and hearty enough for a main course, this casserole stacks bright layers of veggies drenched in our Easy Cheese Sauce.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
Where Williams stacks in the midfield, though, remains to be seen.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Casting two of the most smoldering contemporary actors on the planet clearly stacks the deck, and carries on the long tradition of pairing a dashing figure of brooding handsomeness (Laurence Olivier, Ralph Fiennes) with a breathless screen beauty (Merle Oberon, Juliette Binoche).
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
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
Noun
There was the tradition of organizing magazine stacks and greeting his regulars, but also the memorable days, like hosting Playboy signings with the cover Bunny and watching a line of UCLA boys form around the corner.
—Jason Lecras, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Try breaking up stacks of books with storage baskets that hide spare phone chargers and decorative boxes perfect for storing a deck of cards or your bookmark collection.
—Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Growing up, Silva-Soto joined her mom’s long shifts cleaning houses and delivering stacks of Journal Inquirer newspapers.
—Anna Heqimi, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
Disney maintains on-property greenhouses, where some topiaries were stowed along with its flower towers, decorative stacks of blooms.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
The exterior featured wood siding and stacks of Palos Verdes stone.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Not all pads are alike, but a footprint on the larger side involves five to ten acres of cleared, packed ground that serves as the hub for drilling equipment, which can include wellheads, pump jacks, tanks, wastewater storage pits, trailers, and flare stacks.
—Alex Heard, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026
Ellison talked a lot about consolidation today — the tech stacks, real estate, overhead, marketing.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
Today any surface that has a coating, any device that uses stacks of extremely thin films — television screens, cell phone screens and the microchips inside — can be traced back to Katharine, repeatedly dipping a metal plate in a trough of water.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
For All Mankind also debuted a new relaxed slim jean for women that stacks well over heels.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 Feb. 2026
Special enough for a holiday occasion and hearty enough for a main course, this casserole stacks bright layers of veggies drenched in our Easy Cheese Sauce.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
Where Williams stacks in the midfield, though, remains to be seen.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Casting two of the most smoldering contemporary actors on the planet clearly stacks the deck, and carries on the long tradition of pairing a dashing figure of brooding handsomeness (Laurence Olivier, Ralph Fiennes) with a breathless screen beauty (Merle Oberon, Juliette Binoche).
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stacks
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Managing airflow, structural loads, and engine performance in this regime requires careful testing, which is why developers typically expand speed limits gradually during early flight campaigns.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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The lobby, with its bar, vintage photo booth, and live event space, acts as the hotel’s social heartbeat with loads of good company.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
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However, if those paths are blocked by shrubbery or piles of leaves, the water backs up.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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Workers in white hazmat suits moved piles of rubbish into trucks.—
Caroline Silva,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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The complex process, requiring two Starships equipped with docking adapters to meet up in orbit to transfer hundreds of tons of super-cooled propellant, is necessary for Starship to reach distant destinations like Mars.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Each ship displaces about 10,000 tons, which is roughly 22 million pounds.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Mar. 2026
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But at the end of meteorological winter, which ran from December through February, few observing stations in the East had recorded a record-breaking cold winter, while dozens in the West and Southwest saw their warmest.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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The result is a little over a dozen of ultra-versatile staples—cool and edgy, with a subtle softness—that feel distinctly Agolde and Maria McManus at once.—
Libby Page,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2026
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The flavors in the beef carpaccio antipasti with Pioppini mushrooms, green apple chunks, and celeriac were beautifully balanced.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Mar. 2026
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The city is doing the project in small chunks in hopes of minimizing impacts on businesses and has plans to partner with Noblesville Main Street and the Noblesville Chamber of Commerce to encourage residents to still visit the business during construction.—
Jake Allen,
IndyStar,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Based on those figures, a facility holding up to 10,000 detainees could cost hundreds of millions of dollars annually to operate, according to estimates shared at the event.—
CBS News Atlanta Staff,
CBS News,
9 Mar. 2026
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The changes were slight — reductions of just one-tenth of a second and one-half of a mile to a solar lap spanning two years and hundreds of millions of miles, according to the scientists.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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So add your patio to your refresh list, and keep scrolling for the 20 best Wayfair deals.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Head to Nordstrom to shop these incredible fashion deals and more ahead of spring.—
Jordan Julian,
InStyle,
6 Mar. 2026
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According to Shively, shoppers may find rose bunches, mixed seasonal blooms, greenery bundles, or classics like carnations; the flowers available depend on the store.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2026
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Izba Spa is a Russian banya in Denver that includes a massage therapist who pours water and essential oils over the hot rocks so the room is filled with steam and then uses bundles of oak leaves to move the steam.—
Mindy Sink,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Stacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacks. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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