stack up
Example Sentences
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If the amount advanced is smaller, or the repayment window shorter, the effective rate can climb well above 100%, which advocates say illustrates how quickly fees can stack up.
From MarketWatch
So even if a college football player’s earnings are on the lower end of NIL money, like Tuliaupupu’s likely are, that’s still thousands of dollars stacking up over nine years.
From MarketWatch
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.”
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