stacks (up)

present tense third-person singular of stack (up)
as in accumulates
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here

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accumulates
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  • As glutamate accumulates without time to drain, across a demanding workday, the lateral prefrontal cortex becomes metabolically constrained.
    Shefali Raina, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Someone else may find something that points in a different direction, and eventually, as research accumulates, a consensus will be formed.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
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“Stacks (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacks%20%28up%29. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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