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as in pile
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 hill
an area of high ground
a pitcher's mound
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Recent Examples of mound
Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Look for Argentine ant nests in shallow mounds and carpenter ant nests in tree stumps and other wood with sawdust-like frass deposits nearby.
—Barbara Robertson, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
Man Mound, located in Sauk County near Baraboo, is the last surviving human-form ancient effigy mound in the world.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2024
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His arm was going one direction and the torso another, leading to both inconsistencies on the mound and extra stress on his arm.
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If containers are too large to move indoors or to a sheltered location, mound mulch around the pot and wrap it in a heavy blanket or burlap.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for mound
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The bank projects about 25,000 job losses caused by Elon Musk’s task force.—
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Investment bank JPMorgan on Thursday warned that the tariffs are likely to push the U.S. and the world into a recession.—
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Listen to this article Outside of the typical deviled eggs, carrot cake and piles of candy known to come with Easter, San Diego’s restaurants have more to offer.—
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The rugs were made using five different weaving techniques, including Beni’s debut of the Rabat method—characterized by fine knotting and low pile for elegant, exacting detail.—
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The pedestrian bridge that connects the structure, located down the hill from the town and over a highway, is closed.—
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It's reached by car and ferry, and cantilevers slightly over a hill on a sprawling rural site.—
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They had been left openly stacked by toilets, stashed in closets, and crammed in a pool pump house in a portrayal of arrogant disdain for protocols of American national security.—
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Kate Hudson has visited with mom Goldie Hawn and daughter Rani, and Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon hosted a getaway that included an al fresco rustic dinner stacked with A-listers from Jennifer Aniston to Kristen Bell.—
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The stand-up star celebrated the major milestone on Feb. 25 by skiing down a mountain in nothing but a red bikini, with a large group of women also sporting bathing suits in the snow.—
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In footage shared with CNN, he can be seen on a foggy mountain as the wind blows.—
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Yet, Yemini identifies visibility and configuration drift as key challenges.—
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What keeps us coming back is Jolie, who navigates her drift toward sympathy without fully abandoning the ink stain that’s spread across her soul.—
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“Mound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mound. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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