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as in loads
a considerable amount earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay

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as in to pile
to lay or throw on top of one another stacked the split logs by the house

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Recent Examples of stack
Noun
During the visit, the head of Unit 8200 made a show by printing out the trove of information, producing a tall stack of paper. Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024 This striking succulent is known for how the light green, round, fleshy leaves stack beside each other. Staff Author Published, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2024
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His canvases of various sizes are stacked and leaning against the walls, at times five works deep. Steven Vargas, ARTnews.com, 26 Dec. 2024 In this process, individual frames are stacked on top of each other to improve clarity. John Natale, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stack 
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  • Large numbers of new people coming into the home and descending on piles of food and Christmas decorations easily trigger anxious dogs − and worst-case scenario, someone could get bit or your dog could eat something dangerous.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Decked out in glittery gold flowers and yellow lights, the trees are surrounded by piles of new and unwrapped toys.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024
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  • The Port of Baltimore, which intakes more cars and light trucks than any other port in the U.S., did not fully reopen until early June following a massive salvage effort that involved the removal of the ship and thousands of tons of steel and concrete from the river.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
  • There’s not much of use aside from tons of fancy guitars, but Dex ends up stumbling on evidence of a future crime, a shredded image of Mad Dog’s next target, Omar Reyes, who is about to testify in a RICO case.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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  • Who won and lost Wisconsin politics in 2024? After a whirlwind year for national and state politics, Dan Bice takes stock of the winners and losers, with input from a dozen Democratic and Republican politicos.
    Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Riot doubled the size of the group tasked with connecting its games to the entertainment industry to more than two dozen people.
    Cecilia D’Anastasio, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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  • Despite a slew of stimulus measures introduced since late September, recent economic data from China indicates that the world’s second-largest economy continues to grapple with disinflation, driven by weak consumer demand and a prolonged downturn in the property market.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
  • This 6-million-acre preserve of land in Alaska is home to a slew of native wildlife, such as grizzly bears and caribou, as well as Denali, the highest summit in North America.
    Nile Cappello, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
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  • Travelers hoping to find deals should book no more than six months out from their trip.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • This round will be decidedly higher, with many teams expecting a $5 billion price tag for each entry after the latest TV deal.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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  • For most consumers, Thompson said, using just one provider may save them a significant chunk of money in 2025.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
  • That's a significant chunk, on top of other financing alternatives like bank loans and cobbling together groups of other wealthy individuals (e.g., how Josh Harris bought the Washington Commanders).
    Dan Primack, Axios, 31 Dec. 2024
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  • Aficionados have begun feverishly hunting the best of this new bunch, turning some of the rarer offerings into virtual unicorns.
    David Rosoff, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Before that, The Menu, a bunch of X-Men movies as Beast, and one of my favorite roles of his, a self-aware zombie in Warm Bodies.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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  • While New Yorkers and all other Americans can stop texting friends, family and colleagues, there will clearly be the usual raft of texts from aging relatives and marketing companies.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In the summer, spider plants produce small white flowers and rafts of baby spider plants on long, wiry stalks that trail from the plant.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2024

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