as in to accumulate
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
snow piling up in the driveway at a rapid pace
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as in accumulation
a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time
a pileup of e-mail messages that needed to be dealt with
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Recent Examples of pile (up)
Christian Orozco, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
Instead, the generic ‘90s throwback action movie plays like a string of car-crash pileups and urban destruction with little of interest in terms of the human element.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
As time went on, their pileup of vintage finds—1940s wrought iron chairs, garden urns, Hollywood-style regency stools, Royere-style iron armchairs, and more—overwhelmed their warehouse in Brooklyn.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
The reason for this pileup of homes on the Florida market is that many buyers in the state can no longer afford the properties for sale.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The Louisiana State Police published new video from the deadly pileup involving LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy, defending its investigation after Lacy's lawyer claimed to have new evidence allegedly exonerating the late college football star.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
Instead, the generic ‘90s throwback action movie plays like a string of car-crash pileups and urban destruction with little of interest in terms of the human element.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
As time went on, their pileup of vintage finds—1940s wrought iron chairs, garden urns, Hollywood-style regency stools, Royere-style iron armchairs, and more—overwhelmed their warehouse in Brooklyn.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
The reason for this pileup of homes on the Florida market is that many buyers in the state can no longer afford the properties for sale.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Verb
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At a higher level, the data accumulated by eBird has been used by researchers to better understand bird distribution, gain deeper understanding of migration patterns, model population trends and predict bird populations over time.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Through eight games, he's accumulated 1,795 passing yards, 15 passing touchdowns and six interceptions, along with 199 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Snow accumulation should approach 2 feet near Crater Lake!—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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By engineering support layer architecture, thin-film nanocomposite membranes counteract internal concentration polarization and salt accumulation within the membrane’s porous structure, reducing the driving force for water flow.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Prepping your home for winter should go beyond pulling out holiday decorations — especially when so many pieces from Martha Stewart’s cozy modern farmhouse furniture collection are on sale during Wayfair Way Day.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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From the aforementioned 50-style Supercolor collection to the enduring NMD Human Race franchise, the partnership has within the last decade covered more ground than some footwear companies do in their lifetime.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025
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One of them said that the freshmen class should gather at the YMCA building at midnight to practice yells before the game against Texas on the following day.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Accompanying the film screenings around the world, cinema foyers carried installations and themed message walls, and also offered dancefloors and gathering spaces for BTS fans to come together.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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Afterward, Tharp joined Copeland on stage, a bouquet of flowers in hand — the first of many, many colleagues and collaborators emerging from the wings to congratulate Copeland, as golden confetti rained down and the pile of bouquets on the stage swelled.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Or a pile of stones where once there had been a convent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Coat the bottom in a sweet chocolate mixture for an even more indulgent treat.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Oct. 2025
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Let the mixture sit for 10 to 15 minutes.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Could only participate, if surreptitiously, in this long-overdue cumulation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Pile (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pile%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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