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stacking

British

/ ˈstækɪŋ /

noun

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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She first spotted sport stacking online when she was 12-years-old after coming across a video on YouTube.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 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

“If you’re not stacking all these methods, you’re leaving money behind,” De Haan said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

When they had finished eating, Shukumar was surprised to see that Shoba was stacking her plate on top of his, and then carrying them over to the sink.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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