the stacks

plural noun

: the rows of shelves where books are stored in a library

Examples of the stacks in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One side shows the stacks of a national public library, the other, an ethnographic museum. Phoebe Chen, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024 David posted an image of the stacks of pizza boxes in front of the kitchen, along with a shot of himself and his daughter posing for a selfie below the hanging takeout sign. Marina Watts, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024 Jacket sleeves, collars, and brand labels protrude from the stacks as workers feed the garments into shredding machines. Tian MacLeod Ji, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2024 Prosecutors said serial numbers on the gold bars and fingerprints on tape that bound together the stacks of cash were traced to Hana and Daibes. Seamus Webster, Fortune, 17 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for the stacks 

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“The stacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20stacks. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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