PILED (UP) Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

piled (up)

verb

Definition of piled (up)

past tense of pile (up)

as in accumulated

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass snow piling up in the driveway at a rapid pace

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Debris and old foods accumulated on the floor under the cookline, around the deli meat slicer and under the warewashing sink.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, for instance, has struggled with occupancy despite major marketing campaigns and has accumulated nearly $700 million in losses since 2017, according to the Financial Times.

— Contessa Brewer,Ryan Ruggiero, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

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Hundreds of people were gathered inside the warehouse of a steel-fabricating company in north Topeka in a state where Democrats haven't won a Senate race since 1932.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
More than a hundred people had gathered earlier in and around the church for a funeral procession.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

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