- present participle of stack.
stacking
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Early this month, a dejected Betts had as tough a time explaining to reporters why, despite hitting the ball hard and stacking disciplined at-bats, he’d had little to show for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The next captain, Rodri's future, City's starting XI for Sunday's Community Shield against Arsenal - the big decisions are stacking up as Maresca begins to settle into one of the biggest jobs on the planet.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
They “had to find workarounds, whether through open-sourcing software, stacking less powerful and cheaper local chips, investing more in China’s electricity grid.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
More than a century ago, psychologist Wolfgang Köhler showed that chimpanzees could suddenly solve unfamiliar problems by combining objects in new ways, such as stacking boxes to reach a banana hanging overhead.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
At the edge of the lawn, the Laistrygonians were stacking bronze cannonballs.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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