stack up
Example Sentences
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I hadn’t figured out how an applehead doll measured up to a pyramid or how a musical saw stacked up to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
From Literature
What’s Next: Many details remain unclear including whether the remaining duties would stack up on top of sectoral tariffs, as well as which U.S. exports would be allowed into India tariff-free.
From Barron's
“While we’re dealing with all those things, the regular police work just doesn’t stop. The calls keep adding up, stacking up. It’s just not sustainable.”
"It didn't quite stack up at all," Follows said.
From BBC
Investors are waiting to see how its first rack-scale solution, Helios, will stack up against Nvidia when it rolls out in the second half of this year.
From MarketWatch
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