stacking up

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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 • Feb. 11, 2026

But Sharon Bates, from the school trust, says jobs were "stacking up" in the final year of the contract, despite repeated requests for repairs.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

In places like Dallas and Tampa, Fla., where new home inventory was stacking up, channel checks show the number of listings has stabilized, he wrote.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

The NBA’s financial rules make simply stacking up expensive players impossible, and reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has already signed a contract extension that will give him the highest annual salary in NBA history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

What they had in common is what kept them apart Mr. Paul had told me to use my head, so I started stacking up the positives against the negatives.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe