1
as in loads
a considerable amount
earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay
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2
as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
a stack of playing cards
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Recent Examples of stack
Larry Holder, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Put together, the changes add nearly 6 feet (1.8 meters) to the rocket's height, bringing the full stack to approximately 404 feet (123.1 meters).
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Collectively, American institutions and the public comprised the odds stacked against her.
—Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
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Noun
With Mahomes being well on his way to all-time great status, how much higher can his tall stack of grail cards increase in value?
—Larry Holder, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Put together, the changes add nearly 6 feet (1.8 meters) to the rocket's height, bringing the full stack to approximately 404 feet (123.1 meters).
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
The odds are firmly stacked against either one of them winning a fifth this season.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Collectively, American institutions and the public comprised the odds stacked against her.
—Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stack
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There’s a steak on offer, a brawny New York strip, cooked to a perfect medium rare but presented, for some reason, next to a pile of vinegary sautéed red bell peppers, and a saucier of funky, fishy crawfish béarnaise.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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My 8-year-old pointed out the piles of windblown ash by the curb.—
Katharine Gammon,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Despite a ton of injuries to the Lions’ defense this season, the team still managed to win the NFC North and earn the No. 1 seed in the playoffs before getting upset by the Washington Commanders.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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For too long, Big Pharma has filled the airwaves with tons of commercials to fuel demand for its products while failing to disclose the inflated, ever-increasing price of these medications.—
Dick Durbin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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Last year, two dozen four-bedroom homes in an oceanfront Manhattan Beach neighborhood rented for a median price of $16,000 a month, according to data from the multiple listing service.—
Liam Dillon,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Nearly a dozen calls to the city’s 311 service in recent days tipped officials to the sightings.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
23 Jan. 2025
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In attendance to support her boyfriend, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, Swift donned a $5,000 Monogrammed Jacquard Knit Jacket along with a slew of expensive accessories.—
Caroline Thayer,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — A slew of releases last week demonstrate how Chinese companies such as DeepSeek and ByteDance have moved quickly with artificial intelligence models that compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2025
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The Giants signed Rogers to the three-year deal before the 2023 season.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
The Athletic,
30 Jan. 2025
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While the terms of Blinken's book deal were not disclosed, negotiations were handled by Esther Newberg of the Creative Artists Agency, which also represents President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Large chunks of the property have been used for recycling and composting operations since 1995.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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The lefty is coming off a horrendous year and Arizona would likely eat a large chunk of his contract to move him.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps the second-most notable duo of the bunch, albeit by a wide margin, will be on display this Sunday when the Chiefs host the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game.—
Kellis Robinett,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
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Other leaders in this bunch are Ralph Fiennes for Conclave and Colman Domingo for Sing Sing.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Trump, who is being sworn in on Monday, made mass deportations a signature issue of his campaign and has promised a raft of first-day orders to remake immigration policy.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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This follows a raft of various new movie deals that the production and distribution company sealed at Mip Cancun with the likes of Paramount, NBC Universal, Globo and MVS.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Stack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stack. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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