1
as in loads
a considerable amount
earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay
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2
as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
a stack of playing cards
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as in to accumulate
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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Recent Examples of stack
Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
This striking succulent is known for how the light green, round, fleshy leaves stack beside each other.
—Staff Author Published, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2024
Steven Vargas, ARTnews.com, 26 Dec. 2024
In this process, individual frames are stacked on top of each other to improve clarity.
—John Natale, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
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Noun
During the visit, the head of Unit 8200 made a show by printing out the trove of information, producing a tall stack of paper.
—Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
This striking succulent is known for how the light green, round, fleshy leaves stack beside each other.
—Staff Author Published, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
His canvases of various sizes are stacked and leaning against the walls, at times five works deep.
—Steven Vargas, ARTnews.com, 26 Dec. 2024
In this process, individual frames are stacked on top of each other to improve clarity.
—John Natale, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
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Wear layers and get cozy on the couch under a pile of blankets.Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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To help determine what to put in the no pile, consider using the 90/90 decluttering rule.Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2025
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Baalbek’s Roman remains, among the largest and best preserved in the world, are also among the most mysterious: the Temple of Jupiter sits atop three megaliths weighing around a thousand tons each.Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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There isn't a ton of talent in Atlanta's system, but there is plenty of pitching depth.Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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While the Democratic sample size is small, Trump has defeated upwards of two dozen Republicans, including some of the party’s top political talent.W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
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Riot doubled the size of the group tasked with connecting its games to the entertainment industry to more than two dozen people.Cecilia D’Anastasio, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Telecom mergers and acquisitions on the rise Potential buyers could be among a slew of companies and private equity firms jockeying for position in the U.S. broadband market, including Verizon and T-Mobile.Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024
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In recent years wearable technology has given us a slew of sports, training, fitness and navigation tools, from heart rate monitors and step counters to GPS golf watches and trail maps for hiking in the woods.Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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O’Neill’s three-year, $49.5 million contract, meanwhile, is the only multiyear deal Elias has awarded since taking over in November 2018.Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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The team also probably used its most practical trade chip — D’Angelo Russell’s expiring contract — in the Finney-Smith deal.Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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For most consumers, Thompson said, using just one provider may save them a significant chunk of money in 2025.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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That's a significant chunk, on top of other financing alternatives like bank loans and cobbling together groups of other wealthy individuals (e.g., how Josh Harris bought the Washington Commanders).Dan Primack, Axios, 31 Dec. 2024
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Before that, The Menu, a bunch of X-Men movies as Beast, and one of my favorite roles of his, a self-aware zombie in Warm Bodies.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Aficionados have begun feverishly hunting the best of this new bunch, turning some of the rarer offerings into virtual unicorns.David Rosoff, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Huang announced a raft of new chips, software and services, aiming to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence computing.Kif Leswing, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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From the region: Syria’s interim government has ordered a raft of changes to the country’s school curriculum — including editing the textbooks.Natasha Frost, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Stack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stack. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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