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  • present participle of stack.

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“My mindset has just been stacking days,” Lance said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

But investing is about stacking probabilities in your favor.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 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 issue is what is known as trust stacking, which multiplies the benefits of a tax break for investors in small companies by two, three, four or even more times.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

The men spent that first day digging foxholes, filling and stacking sandbags to protect their positions.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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