as in sock
a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg
thick wool stockings designed to be worn with hiking boots
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Recent Examples of stocking
Manish Kapoor, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Put together a custom Elphaba look with a black dress, a witch hat and broom, and a pair of green stockings and other green accents such as eye makeup, a purse, jewelry, and hair accessories.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
Common techniques to minimize blood clots with post-surgical patients like Carrington include a doctor prescribing a blood thinner or having the patient wear compression stockings, among other options.
—Jessica Van Egeren, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Remove the stockings according to your healthcare provider's instructions.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 24 Aug. 2025
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At the same time, forward stocking can result in unnecessary costs if the quantities are not forecasted accurately.
—Manish Kapoor, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Put together a custom Elphaba look with a black dress, a witch hat and broom, and a pair of green stockings and other green accents such as eye makeup, a purse, jewelry, and hair accessories.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
Common techniques to minimize blood clots with post-surgical patients like Carrington include a doctor prescribing a blood thinner or having the patient wear compression stockings, among other options.
—Jessica Van Egeren, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Remove the stockings according to your healthcare provider's instructions.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stocking
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Boy’s Bedroom Mary’s face will appear on the video game monitor in a boy’s bedroom strewn with dirty underwear and socks.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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One woman who was in court, dressed in a bright green leopard dress with green socks and black heels, spoke with Rolling Stone after the appearance.—
Lorena O'Neil,
Rolling Stone,
16 Sep. 2025
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By embedding living bacteria into the world’s most common building material, the team has created a supercapacitor capable of storing electricity.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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The integration of pg_vector extension enables storing and querying millions of vectors with millisecond response times, supporting real-time AI applications that process unstructured data alongside traditional business records.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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However, rather than being powered by nuclear fusion, like stars are, the engines of these objects are supermassive black holes greedily feeding on surrounding matter and blasting out energy.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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By simulating Earth with a global climate model, and feeding it a bewildering variety of data, the team brought snapshots of these ancient planets to life in some 85 slices of geological, paleontological history.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Once seen as a cloud laggard, Oracle is now positioning itself as a central player in supplying infrastructure for the AI boom, aided by Larry Ellison’s close ties with tech leaders like Elon Musk and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Continue reading … SHEEN COMES CLEAN – Charlie Sheen reveals how his massive drug habit alarmed the drug cartel supplying him.—
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FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Making some art, eating some really good food, and then ending with a sunset at Blacks Beach.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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In December, a scientific committee concluded two years of intensive research on what Americans should be eating by saying that there was not enough research to recommend people drink any other type of milk than fat-free (skim) or low-fat (1% or 2%).—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The furniture, objects, and art left me feeling culturally satisfied and inspired to finally finish furnishing my apartment.—
Libby Page,
Vogue,
16 Sep. 2025
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Available for sale on the company’s website, Ten Runner offers a taste that is on the stronger side for bourbon, while furnishing notes of caramel, almond, and apple, without too sweet a finish.—
Andy Frye,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Just below that is a donation option, with amounts ranging from $25 to as much as $100,000.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Sep. 2025
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The judge has sentenced four other defendants in the case to prison terms ranging from five years to just under 12 years.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Construction of the new space in OSB-1 is expected to be complete by October 1, at which point outfitting of the room will begin.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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This simple platform bed frame is great for those looking for a more minimalist approach to outfitting a child’s bedroom.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Stocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stocking. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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