Definition of "pyramiding" []

• The practice of an athlete progressively increasing the dosage of an illegal drug to a maximum, and then progressively lowering it, between competitions so as to reduce the chances of being caught (noun)

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• "And because the tax applies to all business transactions, it creates what economists call a "pyramiding" effect that has a damaging overall economic impact."
• "He had set out to monopolise the coastwise steamship trade of the country, and had bought line after line of vessels by this same device of "pyramiding"; and now, finding that he needed still more money to buy out his rivals, he had purchased or started a dozen or so of trust companies and banks."
• "All the while outside input is garnered via "pyramiding," which often translates into a phone tree to communicate with other parents and teachers."