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

And she says she isn't alone: "I have friends who've gone from six-figure salaries to stacking shelves in a supermarket overnight."

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

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

Other topics we look at include supplement stacking, the unmasking of street artist Bansky and common tax-filing missteps to avoid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 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

Nearby, a man known only as Ryan—who had been born without the ability to hear or speak—was stacking crates, getting them ready to be shipped out.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler