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• present participle of stack.

stacking

British  

/ ˈstækɪŋ /

noun

1. the arrangement of aircraft traffic in busy flight lanes, esp while waiting to land at an airport, with a minimum vertical separation for safety of 1000 feet below 29 000 feet and 2000 feet above 29 000 feet

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Example Sentences

"We are stacking up bookings for weeks to come and the inquiries are difficult to keep up with, but creates a lot of business," he added.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

By stacking the orders on top of a funding package and unprecedented equity stakes, Washington has made it clear that quantum computing is a national priority.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

He had worked at Ambiance for nearly five years, first stacking boxes of clothes and then later moving into shipping.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

"We employ a straightforward stacking approach to integrate ultra-thin materials with metasurfaces, overcoming the technical challenges of direct material growth on photonic structures, and enabling further advances in valleytronics," Dr. Xing said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

She wanted more letters stacking up in Postal Box Number 898 that said, “Nothing is the same without you” and “Please come home soon.”

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye