stack up
Example Sentences
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One wonders how Mr. Ryan would stack up against such present-day aces as Paul Skenes or Tarik Skubal.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Secondly, you stack up more technical fouls and diminish your superstar reputation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
However, Tajinder Dhillon, head of earnings and equity research at LSEG, noted that when weighed against shorter-term numbers, the figure doesn’t exactly stack up.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026
"It didn't quite stack up at all," Follows said.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026
When he saw me, he lowered the tin so I could step onto it, and I rode the stack up and onto the trailer.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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