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Examples of stack up in a Sentence
those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here
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But over the years, competition stacked up at Walmart, Target, Spirit Halloween and especially online sellers such as Amazon.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
Dawn Staley stacks up with any SEC coach in any sport.
—Marc Weiszer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
In Conversation Award nominations already are stacking up for Timothée Chalamet, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Karla Sofía Gascón and Angelina Jolie among others, and Universal is joyful about its $500 million-plus grosses for Wicked.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
But how does your playing strategy stack up against Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Stack up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stack%20up. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
stack up
verb
: measure up sense 2, compare
see how you stack up against the champion
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