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  • verb Present participle of unstack.

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Examples

  • I'd say it is/was pretty effective in eliminating institutional racism and in unstacking the deck for minorities.

    "Shame on you," says Bill Clinton, if you're worried the Hillary campaign is exploiting race. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Happy needs to be a fireballer, Graham said to Ruby, unstacking the milk crates and tossing the extra ones to the side.

    Great Balls of Fire Loren Long 2008

  • I stored them in egg boxes from the grocery store and absolutely hated stacking and unstacking those boxes looking for the desired costume piece.

    In The Closet with Miss Maulie Burlesque Daily 2007

  • I stored them in egg boxes from the grocery store and absolutely hated stacking and unstacking those boxes looking for the desired costume piece.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Burlesque Daily 2007

  • Instead, for a moment, he looks at the figures unstacking barrels in the warehouse beyond.

    The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994

  • There's an animation of blocks stacking or unstacking at the bottom of the screen appears when you load the web browser, for example, making it look like a web page is being built from the bottom of the screen up.

    Wired Top Stories Christina Bonnington 2011

  • Sometimes, I was assigned to come around noon and spend hours folding napkins, moving centerpieces, and unstacking chairs, or sometimes I'd be part of the reinforcement crew that would come at 4 p.m., gearing up for when the party would begin.

    Slate Articles Katherine Goldstein 2011

  • Workplace related topics include surface conditions, load composition and stability, load stacking, unstacking and transport, pedestrian traffic, narrow aisle and restricted area operation, operation in hazardous locations, closed employers receive the proper expertise they need to inform and train their employees properly and to design and put in place employees properly and to design and put in place employee protection programs.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Workplace related topics include surface conditions, load composition and stability, load stacking, unstacking and transport, pedestrian traffic, narrow aisle and restricted area operation, operation in hazardous locations, closed employers receive the proper expertise they need to inform and train their employees properly and to design and put in place employees properly and to design and put in place employee protection programs.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • With one arm behind their backs and their eyes fixated on the cups, the boys begin stacking and unstacking the cups at high speed - almost too fast for a spectator to watch - but the moment one cups falls over they must start again.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By JESSICA SUTTON 2010

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