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

Jacobs and Carter had spent days stacking wigs onto more wigs, playing with cartoonishly large shapes from head to toe, trying to see what beauty and accessories might look best with the collections’ oversized garments.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

I then ask AI to analyze a collection of past chats to point out how I may be stacking the deck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

She warns that "dose stacking" could become a problem with people consuming sleep-enhancing products, as more active ingredients like L-theanine and others appear in more products.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Over time engineers ran out of surface area, which led them to begin stacking transistors vertically, creating complex three dimensional structures that resemble high rise apartment buildings.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

She was tucking folded letters into envelopes one after the other and stacking them.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon