1
as in piling
to form into a pile or ridge of earth
mound the mulch around the plants
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as in stacking
to lay or throw on top of one another
mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat
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Recent Examples of mounding
Pruning 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia naturally develops a low mounding crown that requires little pruning to maintain.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
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His recent tax cuts add to the unsustainable public debt the US is piling up, and to investor doubts our financial health over time.—
Harry Holzer,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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And on Wednesday, Eagles legend Jason Kelce weighed in on the matter, piling onto the list of critics Carters has.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Bundle Everything Bundle everything—flights, hotels and rental cars—using corporate travel apps or cards with perks, but the real savings is stacking your trips.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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These microtubules exist in a delicate equilibrium, stacking on new tubulin units for a while, then reaching a crisis and falling apart.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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In a final step, the powder was mixed with a carrier liquid, in which the microparticles stayed suspended without clumping together.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Mounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounding. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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