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as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor
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as in hill
an area of high ground
a pitcher's mound
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Recent Examples of mound
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025
Up next The Braves will send veteran LHP Chris Sale (0–1, 6.75 ERA) to the mound against Rays RHP Shane Baz (1–0, 1.38 ERA) in the series finale Sunday.
—Kristie Ackert, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2025
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
The cones provide additional protection around small rose bushes and tea roses when mounding soil or mulch.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Severino was fired up coming off the mound and was nearly out of the sixth unscathed when the Mets finally broke through.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2025
Up next The Braves will send veteran LHP Chris Sale (0–1, 6.75 ERA) to the mound against Rays RHP Shane Baz (1–0, 1.38 ERA) in the series finale Sunday.
—Kristie Ackert, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
If containers are too large to move indoors or to a sheltered location, mound mulch around the pot and wrap it in a heavy blanket or burlap.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
The cones provide additional protection around small rose bushes and tea roses when mounding soil or mulch.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mound
Noun
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Authorities also found photos of the front and back of Mayer's credit and debit cards, as well as the username and password for a bank account, on Casap's phone.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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April 4 Identity theft, unauthorized computer access, fraud: A Saratoga resident reported that someone used their personal information to access their internet service and bank accounts, then withdrew money from the victim’s savings account for a loss of approximately $9,200.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2025
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But Amazon piles all the costs of holding sets and holding actors into [the Season 1] budget.—
Michael Ausiello,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The burn ban prohibits burning yard debris, land clearing, recreational fires and unauthorized piles of debris to reduce the wild-land fire threats and protect lives, property and natural resources.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Apr. 2025
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If finding indoor shelter is not an option: Avoid open fields, the top of a hill, or a ridge top.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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The spa has a similar indoor-outdoor feel: the yoga studio looks out onto greenery while hot and cold plunge pools come with a wide view of the hills.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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All offers end April 30 (each can only be used once and offers do not stack).—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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On Thursday morning, the volunteers stacked coffins 10 layers deep outside the State Department headquarters to protest funding cuts to the global program known as PEPFAR, or the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.—
Orion Rummler,
Them.,
18 Apr. 2025
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John Shine described to me a research trip to the hostile mountain environs of Tasmania, where snakes stay under cover except for the 20 or 30 warm days each year.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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That’s because Prather’s lush pastures back up against a secluded mountain ridge running from nearby Mt. Shasta north to the Oregon border.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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In both moments, Budde resisted the drift toward silence.—
Nell Derick Debevoise,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The transformation of German academia was not a slow drift but a swift and systemic overhaul.—
Iveta Silova,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Mound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mound. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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