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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
Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Look for Argentine ant nests in shallow mounds and carpenter ant nests in tree stumps and other wood with sawdust-like frass deposits nearby.
—Barbara Robertson, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 1 Feb. 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
His arm was going one direction and the torso another, leading to both inconsistencies on the mound and extra stress on his arm.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Look for Argentine ant nests in shallow mounds and carpenter ant nests in tree stumps and other wood with sawdust-like frass deposits nearby.
—Barbara Robertson, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
Man Mound, located in Sauk County near Baraboo, is the last surviving human-form ancient effigy mound in the world.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 1 Feb. 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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In September 2024 the FDIC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that was designed to reinforce and clarify the recordkeeping requirements for bank deposits help by nonbank companies.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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In a major policy reversal, the SEC rescinded Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 — a controversial rule that required banks to treat crypto assets as liabilities on their balance sheets.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,Ari Levy,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In fact, could also very well be the difference between a pilot being greenlit or remaining lost in a pile of pitches, never to see the light of day.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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This requires us to go through the forest every year after harvest and create burn piles with all the fallen wood that is too small for firewood.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The pedestrian bridge that connects the structure, located down the hill from the town and over a highway, is closed.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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This 4,000-year-old walled town (once the capital of Malta) sits on a hill in the middle of the island, giving it some of the best views across the archipelago.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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They had been left openly stacked by toilets, stashed in closets, and crammed in a pool pump house in a portrayal of arrogant disdain for protocols of American national security.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Kate Hudson has visited with mom Goldie Hawn and daughter Rani, and Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon hosted a getaway that included an al fresco rustic dinner stacked with A-listers from Jennifer Aniston to Kristen Bell.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
People.com,
25 Mar. 2025
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The stand-up star celebrated the major milestone on Feb. 25 by skiing down a mountain in nothing but a red bikini, with a large group of women also sporting bathing suits in the snow.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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From there, destinations were shortlisted based on their proximity to mountains, lakes, rivers, beaches, hot springs, and national parks.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Yet, Yemini identifies visibility and configuration drift as key challenges.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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What keeps us coming back is Jolie, who navigates her drift toward sympathy without fully abandoning the ink stain that’s spread across her soul.—
Staff Author,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Mound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mound. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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