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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
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
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
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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
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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
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Months after Hurricane Milton tore across the state, some Central Florida residents have grown weary of piles of branches in their front yards and turned to their own festive or fiery ways to deal with them.Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 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
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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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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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While the Democratic sample size is small, Trump has defeated upwards of two dozen Republicans, including some of the party’s top political talent.W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
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Telecom mergers and acquisitions on the rise Potential buyers could be among a slew of companies and private equity firms jockeying for position in the U.S. broadband market, including Verizon and T-Mobile.Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024
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In recent years wearable technology has given us a slew of sports, training, fitness and navigation tools, from heart rate monitors and step counters to GPS golf watches and trail maps for hiking in the woods.Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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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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Tons of Total Wireless deals extend through the new year, like the new iPhone 16 available for as low as $829, through January 30.Molly Higgins, WIRED, 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
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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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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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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
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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
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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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“Stack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stack. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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