piles
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of piles
C15: from Latin pilae balls (referring to the appearance of external piles)
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And, as Buffett also pointed out, the private-equity business model needs to add piles of debt on top of that equity.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Executives are trying to convince Wall Street that GM can generate piles of cash while still pouring money into new vehicles and technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Some houses in the neighborhood already had piles of sandbags sitting on their front porches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The BBC visited a clothes shop close to the Place de la République which had been ransacked, with piles of clothes and furniture scattered across the shop floor.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
He takes his half-finished work of almost twenty years, piles it into a cart, and leaves for Florence.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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