Definition of STOCKPILE

Examples of stockpile in a Sentence

Noun

a stockpile of medical supplies an emergency stockpile of potable water and canned goods in the cellar

Verb

The government stockpiled vaccines to prepare for a flu epidemic. we should be able to stockpile enough vaccine for the upcoming flu season

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

And while Welles has heavy touring planned for the fall, Wells, who also works at an East Nashville coffee shop, plans to keep adding to his stockpile of material. — Gary Graff, Billboard, "Welles Debuts Video for Beatles & Foxygen-Inspired 'Hold Me Like I'm Leaving': Premiere," 25 June 2018 Missouri basketball coach Cuonzo Martin continued his stockpile of talent Friday as the Tigers landed another impact transfer. — Alex Schiffer, kansascity, "Mizzou lands Evansville transfer point guard ahead of Courtney Ramey decision | The Kansas City Star," 27 Apr. 2018 Meanwhile, rebels kept weapon stockpiles and factories in their own basements. — Claudia Otto, CNN, "The siege that forced a suburb underground," 11 Apr. 2018 The proliferation of the weapons and a correlating jump in the number of incidents have stoked concerns among some civil libertarians and attorneys, who question whether the growing stockpile is ripe for overuse. — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, "Taser use is growing among Mass. police," 13 Mar. 2018 Netflix, for example, has spent roughly half a decade building up a stockpile of original shows and movies that now number in the hundreds and stretches across virtually all genres. — Daniel Arkin /, NBC News, "Apple's script for conquering Hollywood is a mystery so far," 13 July 2018 And big studios typically have a large stockpile of scenes awaiting release and can ride out a shutdown. — Chris Morris, Fortune, "Adult Entertainment Industry Remains Shut Down After Positive HIV Test," 18 Apr. 2018 Still, the reserve stockpile--which remains near the highest level since 2015--suggests that emerging markets are better positioned to handle the market volatility that has accompanied the rising dollar since mid-April. — Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, "Emerging Markets Fight Back to Bolster Currencies," 9 July 2018 Critics, however, say that starting up the plant only adds to the stockpile. — Washington Post, "Japan nuclear agency urges measures to cut plutonium stocks," 5 July 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

Heitkamp won her first term by only about 3,000 votes in 2012, and both sides have stockpiled millions for the race. — Samuel Chamberlain, Fox News, "Trump rallies for GOP Senate candidate Kevin Cramer in North Dakota," 27 June 2018 As a result, the Housing Bureau has stockpiled money but hasn't spent a dime making repairs at rental properties in east Portland. — Brad Schmidt, OregonLive.com, "Portland mayor proposes funding cut to program built on make-believe numbers," 4 May 2018 Baldwin has stockpiled money — $7 million at year's end — while Republicans are looking at a messy August primary between Vukmir, a longtime ally of Gov. Scott Walker, and Nicholson, a former Marine. — CBS News, "Baldwin seeks best path to keep Senate seat," 9 Mar. 2018 Hildebrandt, a professor at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin, and his colleagues are part of a project that has been stockpiling northern white rhinoceros genetic material for decades. — Ben Guarino, Washington Post, "‘Beautiful’ embryos created from near-extinct rhinoceros sperm," 4 July 2018 Digging a little deeper than everybody else, a little more often, Ryan has been stockpiling dirt since 2001, collecting more than three hundred thousand samples—the largest geochemical sampling program on the planet. — Genesee Keevil, Popular Mechanics, "The Rush: What the World's Greatest Gold Prospector Knows," 17 May 2018 Happy Fourth of July Please be careful out there, as adrenaline junkies stockpile their fireworks and emergency responders brace for a hectic night. — Morning Brief, The Seattle Times, "Your Fourth of July guide | Wednesday Morning Brief, July 4," 4 July 2018 Lombardo has said investigators might never know why Paddock meticulously stockpiled guns for the deadly attack on a concert crowd of 22,000 people. — Ken Ritter, Fox News, "'Where is medical?' More Las Vegas shooting records released," 27 June 2018 The United States is stockpiling a mountain of cheese as big as the US Capitol Building. — Tara Golshan, Vox, "Why Trump’s trade agenda might worsen America’s cheese glut," 4 July 2018

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