Example Sentences

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Market share lost to Huawei’s Ascend chips does not automatically return when licenses are granted, because Chinese hyperscalers are building procurement pipelines and software stacks around domestic alternatives.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Even within a scene, mayhem stacks up like teetering plates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

It was only found after a water leak in Maynard's loft meant he had to clear out stacks of old boxes.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

There is no rustle of pages or stacks of best-selling novels at the pop-up store opened by the Amazon subsidiary on the Lower East Side in Manhattan.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Patricia carried stacks of papers to all-night copy shops near Harvard, different shops on different nights, always glancing nervously over her shoulder before entering.

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