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stacks

  • plural
    of stack.
    stack
    noun
    a more or less orderly pile or heap.
  • present tense form
    of stack (3rd person singular).
    stack
    noun
    a more or less orderly pile or heap.

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He stacks bullet points along the side of the whiteboard, scribbles concepts and facts we throw at him.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

As the long-haired tomboy wandered the stacks, the library’s spirits recognized that she was an old soul with a taste for nostalgia.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

My $1,330.13 was, in other words, the accumulated sticker price of my particular trail through the stacks.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

So we have stacks and stacks of cards that we’ve written each other.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

The shelves were jammed full of books and stacks of scrolls, but tidily—a neat kind of clutter.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack