stacked
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unstacked adjective
- well-stacked adjective
Etymology
Origin of stacked
Example Sentences
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Today the deck is stacked in the field marshal’s favor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
This was a leader who rolled up his sleeves and stacked sandbags alongside firemen and volunteers, when toxic red sludge from a bauxite mine engulfed a Hungarian valley and threatened the Danube shore in 2010.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
They are made from stacked layers of transition metals combined with carbon or nitrogen, with atoms attached to their outer surfaces.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026
Her résumé is already significantly more stacked than most people who recently exited their teens.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The gold was now stacked higher than the straw, far above my head, but heaps and heaps of straw still remained.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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