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as in piles
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor
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as in hills
an area of high ground
a pitcher's mound
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as in heaps
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 mounds
Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
Stale ashtrays and spittoons were everywhere, along with wastebaskets surrounded by mounds of misaimed and crumpled papers.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Spend time at the Natchez Museum of African American Culture and History and the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, a museum park with prehistoric Indigenous American mounds.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
During the procedure, fat from Powers' abdomen was transferred to form breast mounds.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
On Monday evening, a EF-2 tornado from the west swept through four blocks of the Franklin County seat, effectively destroying TruComp’s 76,000-square-foot building, shearing off its front and blasting its east side into mounds of bricks, insulation and twisted metal.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
India’s massive dump sites are prone to methane fires and dangerous ground movement, with waste mounds that can ignite, sink or collapse without warning.
—CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Instead of swing sets or seesaws, Noguchi imagined the land itself forming ridges, steps, and mounds that would invite free-form play.
—Terry Nguyen, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Plant it in full or part sun and enjoy mounds of tiny blossoms for years to come.
—Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
While their mounds can be unsightly in lawns, the ants do not sting.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
Stale ashtrays and spittoons were everywhere, along with wastebaskets surrounded by mounds of misaimed and crumpled papers.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Spend time at the Natchez Museum of African American Culture and History and the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, a museum park with prehistoric Indigenous American mounds.
—Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
During the procedure, fat from Powers' abdomen was transferred to form breast mounds.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
On Monday evening, a EF-2 tornado from the west swept through four blocks of the Franklin County seat, effectively destroying TruComp’s 76,000-square-foot building, shearing off its front and blasting its east side into mounds of bricks, insulation and twisted metal.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
India’s massive dump sites are prone to methane fires and dangerous ground movement, with waste mounds that can ignite, sink or collapse without warning.
—CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
Instead of swing sets or seesaws, Noguchi imagined the land itself forming ridges, steps, and mounds that would invite free-form play.
—Terry Nguyen, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Plant it in full or part sun and enjoy mounds of tiny blossoms for years to come.
—Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mounds
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Online banks and credit unions, in particular, tend to offer the most competitive money market rates.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The official said Treasury has warned banks in China, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and Oman that facilitating Iranian trade could expose them to secondary sanctions, signaling a more aggressive approach to enforcement beyond Iran’s borders.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Turn compost piles every two weeks.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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Windscale’s two piles had been hastily built during the British atomic bomb project.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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Hillsides covered in fuel The hills surrounding Concepción, Penco and Lirquén appear deep green from the air, carpeted in trees, and in the thickness of these forests lies an insidious risk.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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The surrounding land is also beautiful, with rolling hills, stone walls, and lush private gardens that are currently bursting into bloom.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2026
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The side table unfolds into six stools for gatherings, then neatly stacks back together into a stylish end piece.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Apr. 2026
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At home, Jonathan Wright, director of the Indianapolis art museum's park and gardens, stuffs in the plants, stacks the pots, and lets everything grow.—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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Donations often land in mountains of waste, contributing to plastic leakage in other countries.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
27 Apr. 2026
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From Atlantic beaches to Western mountains to central metropolises, there’s a destination suited to every type of traveler.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2026
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The reserve features high, broken cliffs and deep ravines on headlands overlooking the ocean.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Why book Olive and citrus-topped mountains, cliffs folding into ruddy-brown valleys, white sands and the teal Aegean Sea; western Crete’s scenery is astonishing.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.—
Allison DeAngelis,
STAT,
18 Feb. 2026
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However, sometimes the abnormal IgA (the antibody that clumps up and causes problems) does run in families.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
15 Jan. 2026
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The greatest risk for severe thunderstorms this afternoon is south of Interstate 80, but officials warn the threat could shift if the warm front drifts further north than currently expected.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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If the stock just manages a standard technical bounce and drifts above the $240 level by expiration, both last week's spread and this week's spread are positioned to cross the finish line as full 100% winners.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Mounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mounds. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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