as in stash
a supply stored up and often hidden away
an emergency stockpile of potable water and canned goods in the cellar
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as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
we should be able to stockpile enough vaccine for the upcoming flu season
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Recent Examples of stockpile
Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Nuclear fuel key for clean energy Two companies, Oklo and Newcleo, are expected to apply to access the weapon-grade plutonium stockpile that will be turned into nuclear fuel.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
With threats ramping up between America and its trading partners, businesses began front-loading their orders in a bid to stockpile inventory at cheaper prices.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
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Noun
An invading army has seized Europe’s largest nuclear plant, taken thousands of its employees hostage, and turned the grounds—home to a large stockpile of nuclear fuel—into a forward operating base in the middle of an active war zone.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Nuclear fuel key for clean energy Two companies, Oklo and Newcleo, are expected to apply to access the weapon-grade plutonium stockpile that will be turned into nuclear fuel.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Rainwater tends to stockpile on the edges of roads.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
With threats ramping up between America and its trading partners, businesses began front-loading their orders in a bid to stockpile inventory at cheaper prices.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockpile
Noun
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Time to grab your candy stash, snuggle under a blanket and settle in for a Netflix movie marathon, because spooky season is here.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Poking around in Krabs’ stash of seafaring collectibles, SpongeBob and Patrick inadvertently summon the Flying Dutchman, who promises to help SpongeBob complete his swashbuckling checklist.—
Justin Lowe,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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We, in collaboration with our partners, store and/or access information on a user's device, including but not limited to IP addresses, unique identifiers, and browsing data stored in cookies, in order to process personal data.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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All the information that Gemini is drawing upon will be culled from the roughly 250 million places stored in Google Maps’ database of reviews accumulated during the past 20 years.—
Michael Liedtke,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Around half the items come from Khelfa’s hoard of Alaïa pieces.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Whoever is in front of the mic is surrounded by a hoard of teammates.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Book Now Como Parrot Cay is part of Comoclub, a loyalty program that allows travelers to accumulate credits to use toward future stays.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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Institutional investors like pension funds began accumulating significant amounts of shares in the 1990s and started voting to separate CEOs from board chairs.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Stockpile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockpile. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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