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

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By stacking two patterned silicon nitride layers and rotating them relative to each other, the researchers can create new optical properties that do not exist in a single layer.

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But the endgame remains elusive—and the obstacles keep stacking up.

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But Mrs. Kleermaker had jumped to her feet with pathetic eagerness and was already stacking plates and cups.

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High in the sky, thin white clouds were stacking up like petals.

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