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stacking

British

/ ˈstækɪŋ /

noun

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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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

Huawei is pitching stacking as a substitute for conventional chip advances rather than a complement to them because the key technology that would make it a complement is the one thing it can’t get.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Researchers have pursued this concept for years because it could increase interlayer connectivity by a factor of 10 to 100 compared with conventional stacking methods.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Back in 2019, he was stacking shelves in Walmart, but the 26-year-old has since become a full-time crypto trader and content creator.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

When they had finished eating, Shukumar was surprised to see that Shoba was stacking her plate on top of his, and then carrying them over to the sink.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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