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as in stack
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
a large pile of newspapers that needed to be disposed of
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as in loads
a considerable amount
a job that paid piles of money
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as in bundle
a very large amount of money
she made a pile in the stock market just before it headed south
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as in to huddle
to gather into a closely packed group
the kids piled into the car
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Recent Examples of pile
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 May 2026
Sam Levinson continues his effort to merge his ensemble’s storylines, and the result is like a pile-up on the freeway.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 25 May 2026
Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 27 May 2026
Along the corridors, boxes and papers were piled outside doors, sometimes strewn over the floor as though dropped and left there.
—Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
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Noun
Do not add infected plant material to the compost pile.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 May 2026
Sam Levinson continues his effort to merge his ensemble’s storylines, and the result is like a pile-up on the freeway.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 25 May 2026
Verb
The stock's sharp rise propelled SK Hynix's market capitalization above $1 trillion as investors piled into companies seen as key beneficiaries of the global scramble for high-bandwidth memory chips used in AI servers.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 27 May 2026
Along the corridors, boxes and papers were piled outside doors, sometimes strewn over the floor as though dropped and left there.
—Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pile
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Before Clark is a threatening stack of chairs, desks, sofas, almost like the unconscious of the showroom itself has assembled some mocking shrine to the empire of failure that Clark’s life has become.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
27 May 2026
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For commerce, identity, enterprise, and the agentic stack underneath all of them, the answer is still being written.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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This especially applies to our special education teachers, many of whom carry increasingly unsustainable case loads.—
Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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For example, the commercial loads in the CBS Sunday afternoon NFL games are identical to the loads that pop up during the games streaming on Paramount+.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
27 May 2026
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The bundle of 10,000 sodium atoms, about the size of a modern transistor gate, is an order of magnitude larger than previous records, but still significantly smaller than Erwin Schrödinger’s pet cat.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
29 May 2026
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This bundle is, naturally, now headlined by TOBS.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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No one wanted to stand behind the commanding warriors, draped in blankets and furs, brass hoops in their earlobes, medals and wampum on their strong chests, silver armbands glinting in the light.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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The woman told police the dogs were covered in ash and appeared to have some sort of accelerant on their fur, according to the outlets.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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The brand prioritizes sustainable practices, utilizing regenerated wool from traceable supply chains, including by the Tuscan wool mill Manteco.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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He is said to have draped the shrine in striped red wool.—
Iqbal Akhtar,
The Conversation,
25 May 2026
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The 250 series produced plenty of greats, but the GOAT of its line is unquestionably the Ferrari 250 GTO introduced in 1962—the first Ferrari to ever wear those three letters huddled together.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
28 May 2026
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After virtually every loss, there are clusters of players huddled in front of lockers going over at-bats, talking about what went wrong and what almost went right.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski shouted two words — the first of which didn’t appear to be fit for print — and strode off the mound, the icy expression on his face frozen in place all the way to the dugout.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The inning got out of hand with left-hander Brent Suter on the mound.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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If your summer wardrobe is feeling a bit boring or outdated, don’t fret — Amazon just added tons of new styles to its sale section, and my top picks are all going for $10 or less.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Always check for live music, the sustainable safari and tons of local goods.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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“Pile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pile. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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