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
Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
No more set, no more Marshall stacks.
—Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Let’s see the best stacks for Week 6, DraftKings, single entry, and a couple of GPP value stacks.
—Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Scores of influencers were on hand making content, posing in the library’s stacks and giving the clothes lots of social play.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
For years, the label’s viral music videos, many of which depict artists flexing luxury rides and stacks of cash, have racked up hundreds of millions of YouTube views.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Candelabras flicker beside towering arrangements of deep calla lilies, stacks of shortbread cookies six inches high, fresh sandwiches, and bouquets made of vegetables.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
Orange columns of flame shot like blowtorches out of stacks and pipes, uncontrolled.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
Nearby, stacks of wooden wedges wait to be slotted into those grooves to form the beginnings of a hockey stick.
—Joseph Hostetler, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 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
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
Nothing, however, replaces cruising around stacks of books at a real bookstore, thumbing through the tomes that catch your eye.
—Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
No more set, no more Marshall stacks.
—Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Let’s see the best stacks for Week 6, DraftKings, single entry, and a couple of GPP value stacks.
—Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Scores of influencers were on hand making content, posing in the library’s stacks and giving the clothes lots of social play.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
For years, the label’s viral music videos, many of which depict artists flexing luxury rides and stacks of cash, have racked up hundreds of millions of YouTube views.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Candelabras flicker beside towering arrangements of deep calla lilies, stacks of shortbread cookies six inches high, fresh sandwiches, and bouquets made of vegetables.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
Orange columns of flame shot like blowtorches out of stacks and pipes, uncontrolled.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
Nearby, stacks of wooden wedges wait to be slotted into those grooves to form the beginnings of a hockey stick.
—Joseph Hostetler, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
The technology forms a protective layer so that lithium stacks uniformly.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 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
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 extra-large dryer fits large loads and can handle multiple blankets.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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The fourth-generation model (and third Spyder overall) is a true speed machine, combining more aggressive styling with loads of power.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
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There are piles of rubble and tangles of cable.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Black widows and brown widows are usually found in wood piles, garages, around mailboxes, and in areas of the home that aren’t commonly cleaned.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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If all this wood could be collected and buried instead of burned or allowed to decompose, those 14 billion tons of carbon would be safely removed every year.—
Syris Valentine,
Scientific American,
16 Oct. 2025
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Gravity-3's payload capacity will be about 5 tons greater than that of Gravity-2.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cut hard cheeses in cubes or bite-size chunks, while leave softer cheeses and logs whole.—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
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The stock becomes the base of the soup, along with puréed vegetables and chunks of meaty fish.—
Katherine Whittaker,
Saveur,
9 Oct. 2025
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Additional deals have been secured with World Pictures for the CIS region, Karantajina for the former Yugoslavia, and Front Row for Middle East and North Africa.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Sponsored content deals are expected to surpass $10 billion this year, as more advertisers cut back on traditional media advertising and dive headfirst into influencer marketing.—
Taylor Lorenz,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The company rolled out AgentKit for developers, new API bundles for enterprise, and a new App Store that offers direct distribution inside ChatGPT — which now reaches 800 million weekly active users, according to OpenAI.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Disney+ offers various streaming bundles.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
13 Oct. 2025
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About 600 workers at the CDC remained fired Monday in conjunction with the federal government shutdown after hundreds more had originally been targeted, according to the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2883, which represents CDC employees in Atlanta.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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Tech companies are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers and AI computer chips.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
14 Oct. 2025
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The potential solution presented by UCSD School of Medicine researchers is an anti-αvβ3 antibody that triggers macrophages, a type of immune cell already found in large quantities in advanced tumors.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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As for carrots, consuming substantial quantities of carrot juice over time can lead to a temporary condition called carotenemia, a harmless but noticeable yellow-orange tint to the skin.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Stacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacks. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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