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
Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
The hat is meant to resemble a religious mitre, adding a signature white stocking in the middle.
—Chris Fusco, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2026
Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Madonna appeared alongside Carpenter wearing a corset, camisole, gloves, stockings and boots, all in purple.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
The hat is meant to resemble a religious mitre, adding a signature white stocking in the middle.
—Chris Fusco, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
Instead of stocking one vaccine, pediatricians would have to stock three different ones and then track the separate shots for each of their patients.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 Oct. 2025
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Noun
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That’s what kept his head on straight in the trenches, even when his socks got bogged down with mud and soldiers flanked on either side of him caught shrapnel or pneumonia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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In 2024 a boot emerged from the ice, the sock engraved with Irvine’s name.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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East Side Storage would pay the costs associated with building and storing that energy.—
Sofi Zeman
May 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 May 2026
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Be wary of storing coffee in transparent containers as light can also lead to oxidation.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
Verb
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And increasingly, experts say these two crises are feeding each other.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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The scientists behind the model, which is now being evaluated in a clinical trial, trained it by feeding it CT scans from patients who had been screened for other medical conditions then were later diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
2 May 2026
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The plant is expected to start supplying fertilizers to Latin American markets by early 2029, offering some respite to a region that is critical to global crop exports yet dependent on fertilizer imports.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The station, northeast of Ramallah, is a vital water hub, supplying around 100,000 Palestinians across more than 20 communities.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The students targeted other students eating at the restaurant.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The Best Yogurt to Buy To get the most out of eating yogurt daily, our experts suggest plain and unflavored yogurt.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
2 May 2026
Verb
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By the fall of last year, the house was still empty, and Alex and I were furnishing it with stuff on sale at Marshalls.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Throngs of motorboaters flock to Boyd Lake every summer for water skiing, wake boarding and other aquatic activities on a reservoir whose primary purpose is furnishing drinking water for Greeley and serving northern Colorado agricultural needs.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
Verb
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In 2015, six Baltimore police officers were charged with felonies ranging from assault to murder in connection with the death of Freddie Gray, a Black man who’d suffered a spinal injury while riding in a police van.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The sites mix factual assertions about their targets with unsubstantiated conspiracies and defamatory claims of misconduct ranging from extortion and embezzlement to drug dealing and prostitution.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Framery, which makes soundproof phone pods and sells them to companies such as Microsoft and L’Oreal, has tested outfitting its chairs with biosensors capable of measuring heart rate, breathing rate, and nervousness.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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When asked about what is the most difficult part of outfitting a customer with an adaptive bike, Hal Honeyman sidestepped the entire mechanical issue and immediately cited funding instead.—
David Sharos,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Stocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stocking. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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