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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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2
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
Associated Press, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
Sort your items into keep or donate/give away piles.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2025
This infuses even more flavor that’s a delight piled over rice.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2025
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Noun
His fiancé, Ziv Abud, avoided capture by hiding under a pile of bodies.
—Associated Press, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
Sort your items into keep or donate/give away piles.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
The Hollywood Hills coffee table, on the other hand, features an angled top that allows for magazines and books to be elegantly displayed without piling up.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2025
This infuses even more flavor that’s a delight piled over rice.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pile
Verb
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Trump’s second term cabinet is stacked with prominent China hawks, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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The emotional toll of rehashing the past is honored, as the film sequences stack tragedies alongside a surge of cautious hope.—
Holly Jones,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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The puppies, estimated to be between 12 and 14 weeks old, were seen huddled together trying to stay warm in the porch as temperatures dropped below zero degrees with wind chills.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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With help a good 30 minutes out and Gray struggling to coordinate a water drop, Tim and Lucy huddled in the middle of the road beneath a foil fire blanket.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
25 Feb. 2025
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Its shelters were crowded with people who, in many cases, had passed through the perilous Darién Gap, between Colombia and Panama, to reach Central America.—
New York Times,
The Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2025
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The outfield is crowded with Brandon Nimmo, Tyrone Taylor, Jose Siri, Soto and Marte, but playing time often tends to work itself out and the Mets are already planning on using Marte in right field when Soto is in the lineup as a DH.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2025
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The rubber backing resists skidding and prevents bunching while vacuuming.—
BestReviews,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
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His back looks topographical — the flesh is bunched up in dark ridges and, elsewhere, stretched out in flat, pink expanses.—
Jesse Coburn,
Curbed,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Pile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pile. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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