stock companies

noun

plural of stock company
as in troops

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  1. troops
  2. companies
Noun
  • About 45,000 Japanese troops and 12,000 American service members are participating in the biennial Keen Sword 27.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In her hometown of Yefremov, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Moscow and about halfway to the border with Ukraine, Masha’s teacher had asked the class to draw pictures supporting Russian troops.
    — Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of troops
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  • Meanwhile, companies are deploying AI agents by the thousand, and not one of them has read the company policy or heard the new local court ruling.
    — Daniel Kjellén, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • However, credit monitoring depends on information that lenders and other companies report to credit bureaus.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of companies
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“Stock companies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stock%20companies. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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