stock companies

plural of stock company

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Noun
  • In an escalation of hostilities against Venezuela, the Department of Defense has recently moved some ten thousand troops into the region, mostly to former military bases in Puerto Rico.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Last year, the federal government sent hundreds of troops to Michoacan to protect lime growers complaining of extortion threats.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Comcast One of the world’s biggest telecommunications companies, the conglomerate owns NBCUniversal, which includes film studios such as Universal Pictures and DreamWorks, cable channels such as CNBC and Bravo, as well as Peacock, a streaming platform.
    Melanie Hicken, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Plutonium will be converted into nuclear fuel The report highlighted that the department has allowed domestic nuclear energy companies to request up to 19 metric tons of plutonium from Cold War-era stockpiles.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Stock companies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stock%20companies. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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