as in piling
to lay or throw on top of one another
stacked the split logs by the house
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Recent Examples of stacking
Next came the task of building those shoes, which involved nearly four weeks of cutting, stacking and reinforcing.
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Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
There, technicians will install the core stage’s four RS-25 main engines and prepare the rocket for stacking.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
Appliance coverage caps out at $1,000 per item, and building out a comprehensive plan by stacking individual coverages can push monthly costs higher than expected.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Resistance training appears to prime a stronger growth hormone pulse at night, stacking your daytime workout with overnight repair.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Once stacking is complete, a compression structure will apply downward precompression to the module stack.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Resistance training appears to prime a stronger nighttime growth hormone pulse, stacking the daytime signal with overnight repair.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
While Dodson, who is playing on the last year of his existing contract, has in experience, the deck is always stacking in favor of the younger, cheaper player with more upside.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
But the only way Boston can make up that ground is by stacking one win at a time.
—Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
There, technicians will install the core stage’s four RS-25 main engines and prepare the rocket for stacking.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
Appliance coverage caps out at $1,000 per item, and building out a comprehensive plan by stacking individual coverages can push monthly costs higher than expected.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Resistance training appears to prime a stronger growth hormone pulse at night, stacking your daytime workout with overnight repair.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Once stacking is complete, a compression structure will apply downward precompression to the module stack.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Resistance training appears to prime a stronger nighttime growth hormone pulse, stacking the daytime signal with overnight repair.
—Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
While Dodson, who is playing on the last year of his existing contract, has in experience, the deck is always stacking in favor of the younger, cheaper player with more upside.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
But the only way Boston can make up that ground is by stacking one win at a time.
—Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stacking
piling
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The extra fees are becoming so high not because ships are piling up at the canal, but rather because of last-minute shifts and greater urgency for vessels to pass through in the wake of broader trade chaos, Vásquez said.—
Alma Solís,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Bullpen injuries continue piling up.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Stacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacking. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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