stack
noun
a more or less orderly pile or heap.
had stacked
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past perfectof stack.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Poverty and remoteness had stacked the odds against his children.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
By late 2025, the company said it had closed the last of its so-called shadow factories devoted to fixing, maintaining and updating planes that had stacked up in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
In the living room, near his bed, Alexander had stacked boxes of Nike and Adidas shoes he bought with the money he saved working at the law firm with his mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
They had lined the dirt floor with cardboard and a mat and had stacked mattresses on top of each other.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023
Nurses had stacked sandbags all along his left side to prevent him from turning over on his broken chest.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
