1
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
Larry Holder, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Put together, the changes add nearly 6 feet (1.8 meters) to the rocket's height, bringing the full stack to approximately 404 feet (123.1 meters).
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Ogden Dunes residents set out their Christmas trees to be gathered by the street department, which stacks them in an isolated area to be ignited by the fire department on Jan. 6 each year.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
With Mahomes being well on his way to all-time great status, how much higher can his tall stack of grail cards increase in value?
—Larry Holder, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Put together, the changes add nearly 6 feet (1.8 meters) to the rocket's height, bringing the full stack to approximately 404 feet (123.1 meters).
—Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
And a who’s-who of dignitaries stacked in the pews like a trick question on any diplomatic quiz as to who gets to sit closest to the front row.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Ogden Dunes residents set out their Christmas trees to be gathered by the street department, which stacks them in an isolated area to be ignited by the fire department on Jan. 6 each year.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stack
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My 8-year-old pointed out the piles of windblown ash by the curb.—
Katharine Gammon,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps the elder Buffett has softened his opinion on dividends as Berkshire’s cash pile continued to smash records.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
19 Jan. 2025
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Santos brought a ton of energy to open the game, hitting an open 3 and getting a handful of extra possessions during that hot start.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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For the driver who sees their vehicle as simple transportation, whose priorities lie with reducing greenhouse emissions, or simply who doesn’t care about what powers their car all that much, a plug-in hybrid can make a ton of sense.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
16 Jan. 2025
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More than a dozen Latin American countries have signed onto the Belt and Road Initiative after Panama, and Chinese influence in Central and South America continues to grow.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
11 Jan. 2025
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In a cul-de-sac along Alta Crest Drive, where more than a dozen homes burned, neighbors wept together in the street.—
Colleen Shalby,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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Less than a week after their game ended with a slew of fights in the final seconds, Tuesday’s game featured five different scuffles — twice resulting in matching fighting majors and twice in matching roughing minors.—
Jimmy Golen,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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President-elect Trump is expected to launch his second term with a slew of executive orders — 100 in 100 days.—
Sareen Habeshian,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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Evercore is a midcap deal advisor that Morgan Stanley sees as a way to play the return of mergers and acquisitions.—
Kelly Evans,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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For 467 days, millions of Israelis were yearning for Wednesday’s announcement that Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire and hostage release deal.—
Dahlia Scheindlin / Tel Aviv,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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That’s a problem because interest is already swallowing up a greater chunk of the annual federal budget than defense spending.—
Matt Egan,
CNN,
14 Jan. 2025
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New York is reportedly willing to eat a chunk of his contract to get a deal done.—
Zach Pressnell,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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Knowing that we grown-ups need some relaxing hands-on fun from time to time, too, the brand has dropped a bunch of Lego sets for adults in the past few years, including recreations of famous works of art.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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New Apple Watch bands tend to be rather pricey, but Woot has a whole bunch of them for a fraction.—
Gabriela Vatu,
PCMAG,
10 Jan. 2025
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This follows a raft of various new movie deals that the production and distribution company sealed at Mip Cancun with the likes of Paramount, NBC Universal, Globo and MVS.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2025
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Trump, who is being sworn in on Monday, made mass deportations a signature issue of his campaign and has promised a raft of first-day orders to remake immigration policy.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Stack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stack. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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