1
as in loads
a considerable amount
earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay
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2
as in piles
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
a stack of playing cards
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Recent Examples of stacks
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Long-life system design Next Hydrogen expects the electrolyzer stacks to operate for approximately 80,000 hours.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
The vulnerability surface continues to expand across agentic stacks and RAG pipelines.
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Janakiram Msv,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Mobile light towers were stationed outside alongside waste management trucks, and large stacks of sandbags were piled up.
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Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Only select Archives employees are permitted to go into those stacks; one staffer suggested to me that this is because anyone can disappear in there, sucked down rabbit holes, if there are no guardrails.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
In her office upstairs, there are family photos, stacks of books, and a small trash bin containing an empty can of Diet Coke and a packet of the cat treat Churu.
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Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
At the Obama public library, I was greeted by gleaming wood shelves and stacks of colorful tomes, and shimmering light streaming through its floor-to-ceiling windows.
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Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
Stockton Island Visible from the north end of Madeline Island, the exterior shoreline of Stockton Island has perfect sandy beaches, sea caves, and climbable sea stacks that are great for cliff jumping.
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Katherine Lawless,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
To overcome the physical scaling limits facing modern chip designers, IBM’s new nanostack architecture vertically stacks transistors in a staggered layout to pack more transistors into the same chip space.
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Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2026
However, La Ruche takes a different approach and, rather than spreading its limited floorspace across a conventional layout, stacks its living spaces vertically like a tower.
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New Atlas,
19 June 2026
Alphabet investors had bought a capital-light cash machine, and the plan stacks equity dilution on top of more than $100 billion of debt raised over the past year, including a sterling bond round in February.
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Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
For a sturdy and spacious option that easily stacks on top of rolling luggage, look no further than this durable Samsonite weekender, which features a back trolley sleeve with a zippered pocket.
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Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
17 June 2026
Some of this can be put down to the production; Kartel’s longtime collaborator and established hitmaker TJ Records conjures a palette more suited to the trebly ionosphere of Spotify streams than the groundshaking speaker stacks that once fortified dancehall’s earthly domain.
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Edwin “stats” Houghton,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
Take a classic example like Kartell’s modular Componibili shelving that stacks three tiers of shelving in one slim silhouette and can moonlight in a more spacious room or home office.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
12 June 2026
The Sweet Heat Morty ($12) stacks mortadella with pistachio cream, burrata spread, arugula and hot honey on focaccia.
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Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
Noun
Photos apparently taken by the men themselves show wads of cash on the seat of a car, in a plastic bag and in stacks on the floor of a location in New York.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Long-life system design Next Hydrogen expects the electrolyzer stacks to operate for approximately 80,000 hours.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
The vulnerability surface continues to expand across agentic stacks and RAG pipelines.
—
Janakiram Msv,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
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
Only select Archives employees are permitted to go into those stacks; one staffer suggested to me that this is because anyone can disappear in there, sucked down rabbit holes, if there are no guardrails.
—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
In her office upstairs, there are family photos, stacks of books, and a small trash bin containing an empty can of Diet Coke and a packet of the cat treat Churu.
—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
At the Obama public library, I was greeted by gleaming wood shelves and stacks of colorful tomes, and shimmering light streaming through its floor-to-ceiling windows.
—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
Stockton Island Visible from the north end of Madeline Island, the exterior shoreline of Stockton Island has perfect sandy beaches, sea caves, and climbable sea stacks that are great for cliff jumping.
—
Katherine Lawless,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Verb
Another scans and stacks them for the next part of the warehouse process.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
To overcome the physical scaling limits facing modern chip designers, IBM’s new nanostack architecture vertically stacks transistors in a staggered layout to pack more transistors into the same chip space.
—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
25 June 2026
However, La Ruche takes a different approach and, rather than spreading its limited floorspace across a conventional layout, stacks its living spaces vertically like a tower.
—
New Atlas,
19 June 2026
Alphabet investors had bought a capital-light cash machine, and the plan stacks equity dilution on top of more than $100 billion of debt raised over the past year, including a sterling bond round in February.
—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
For a sturdy and spacious option that easily stacks on top of rolling luggage, look no further than this durable Samsonite weekender, which features a back trolley sleeve with a zippered pocket.
—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
17 June 2026
Some of this can be put down to the production; Kartel’s longtime collaborator and established hitmaker TJ Records conjures a palette more suited to the trebly ionosphere of Spotify streams than the groundshaking speaker stacks that once fortified dancehall’s earthly domain.
—
Edwin “stats” Houghton,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
Take a classic example like Kartell’s modular Componibili shelving that stacks three tiers of shelving in one slim silhouette and can moonlight in a more spacious room or home office.
—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
12 June 2026
The Sweet Heat Morty ($12) stacks mortadella with pistachio cream, burrata spread, arugula and hot honey on focaccia.
—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stacks
Noun
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Double bag any heavy trash bags or loads that contain a lot of wet food to prevent rips and leaks.
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Battery systems could support those loads alongside renewable generation or other power sources.
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This could include sniffing around more than usual or barking and growling at odd places like piles of leaves.
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The alternating placements of the piles/objects are very precise, which creates a series of chicanes, indicating they are not intended as obstructions but rather to prevent rapid ingress and egress by any vehicle toward the tunnels.
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Having a few good friends can be more meaningful than having tons.
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There are tons of other great Spanx deals to shop over the Fourth of July weekend.
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The 2026 tournament has the highest rate of goals per match in decades and is the first in World Cup history to have scored more than 200 goals (with two dozen matches still left to play).
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Krispy Kreme’s Fourth of July Collection will be available in-shop and for pickup or delivery via the Krispy Kreme app and website, individually and by the dozen.
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On their way in, crews had to clear debris from multiple floors; aside from chunks of concrete, masonry and flooring, obstacles included a bathroom sink and toilet that had tumbled down from above.
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Trump gleefully tearing up large chunks of the White House and my hometown, trying to install a solipsistic arch, an exclusive golf course, a gargantuan ballroom and a garden of heroes — all to his Versailles-on-acid specifications.
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Some students going back to school in August can kiss their cellphones goodbye during the day, thanks to one of the hundreds of new laws going into effect in Georgia on July 1.
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Much of the same was seen in Pacoima, where a hundreds of people were spotted dancing and watching fireworks at the intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Van Nuys Boulevard.
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Don’t wait to shop, since these fast-selling deals won’t last long.
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Amazon has deals on the exact brands the multi-hyphenate wears and raves about, plus pieces pulled straight from her playbook (cough, her Instagram, cough).
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Successful bundles are built around customer behavior, not inventory.
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The fine stems from the way Google bundles apps and services with Android phones.
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“Stacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stacks. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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