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stacked

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verb

past tense of stack

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Recent Examples of stacked
Verb
The house rises three stories through the oaks with valley views staged from nearly every level and balconies and decks stacked like outlooks on a trail. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2026 However, the path on the other side of the bracket is stacked with traditional powers. Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026 The site is stacked with dozens of deals on dinnerware sets, plus every brand of coffee maker under the sun. Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 27 June 2026 The Riyadh card is stacked with huge names and potential surprises. Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 Instead of only fitting more transistors on to the chip's surface horizontally, this additionally uses different combinations of materials stacked on top of each in a 3D sequential configuration. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 June 2026 In his last location, the aisles were just wide enough to walk through, with books stacked to the ceiling. Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026 And no matter how Maurice deploys his forwards, the Panthers’ top three lines are going to be stacked with talent. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026 Lonnie has plenty stacked against him, not least of all his own son, who is inching closer to surpassing his status in the golf world — people are even starting to call him the Hawk, a torch that had to have been pried out of his father’s hand. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stacked
Adjective
  • Several boxes of unsold items were visible behind the counter, suggesting ample inventory, although the worker told USA TODAY sales had been steady.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Returns here will be substantial (and predictable), your principal will be protected and the account will be insured up to $250,000, giving you ample protection for your money.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Mobile light towers were stationed outside alongside waste management trucks, and large stacks of sandbags were piled up.
    Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • May added 172,000 jobs, with the gains piled into leisure and hospitality, state and local government, and health care, while financial activities slipped and information work kept bleeding year over year.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • The bush is shapely, growing 3-4 feet tall, and does not produce rank growth.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Witch hazel matures into shapely shrubs that bloom annually.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • That observation eventually led to the discovery of Pitera, the brand's now-iconic ferment; this sheet mask is absolutely drenched in it to nourish and plump skin with amino acids, vitamins, and minerals.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 23 June 2026
  • Amazon shoppers say the $22 Kahi Wrinkle Bounce Multi-Balm leaves their skin hydrated and plump.
    Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • Enthusiasts love it for its voluptuous beauty and buttery-smooth typing action.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
  • Once mounted, the voluptuous nude body stands tall like a mountain against the pale wash of Sotheby’s London gallery.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Adjective
  • Not only is Earth's closest celestial neighbor a pristine time capsule ripe for study – preserved almost unaltered throughout the course of billions of years – but the moon is viewed as a stepping stone for human exploration deeper into the cosmos.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Alongside ripe avocados, fresh tomatoes, and spices, this dip is topped with queso blanco and pomegranate seeds.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • Its central hub, where the wellness offerings, main dining room and 35 of the 65 bedrooms are located, is invitingly curvaceous, with sci-fi swirls of walls and sparkling swathes of window bookended by two vast, contemplative courtyards.
    Susan D'Arcy, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2026
  • The exterior is less theatrical than Disney’s, its shape rectilinear rather than curvaceous, yet a pink hue adds the requisite Gehry jazz.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Stacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacked. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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