as in stashes
a supply stored up and often hidden away
an emergency stockpile of potable water and canned goods in the cellar
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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 stockpiles
Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
The international community placed a weapons embargo on both the Serbian and Bosnian military forces, but Serbia had access to the robust army and weapons stockpiles of the former Yugoslavia.
—Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Analysts say that overall, the number of nuclear warheads across the world is declining, but the pace at which countries are slashing their stockpiles is slowing down.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Instead, the buildup is expected to be more gradual, as corporate stockpiles are depleted and alternative supply chains reach their limits.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2025
The analysis suggested that the depletion of stockpiles of broad-spectrum antibiotics has likely contributed to the rise of multidrug resistance.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, dairy output from major exporters like New Zealand and parts of Europe—which together comprises around 70% of the butter exported around the world—began 2025 with historically low stockpiles that caused prices to spike.
—Yezen Saadah, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The existing space, in the center of a decade of construction, already had stockpiles of dirt on site.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
But businesses have drawn down stockpiles that were built up before the import taxes went into effect, meaning new inventory has been costlier.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
However, after the Biden administration tapped into shell stockpiles to send to Ukraine, this source has dried up, too.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2025
The international community placed a weapons embargo on both the Serbian and Bosnian military forces, but Serbia had access to the robust army and weapons stockpiles of the former Yugoslavia.
—Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Analysts say that overall, the number of nuclear warheads across the world is declining, but the pace at which countries are slashing their stockpiles is slowing down.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Instead, the buildup is expected to be more gradual, as corporate stockpiles are depleted and alternative supply chains reach their limits.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2025
The analysis suggested that the depletion of stockpiles of broad-spectrum antibiotics has likely contributed to the rise of multidrug resistance.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, dairy output from major exporters like New Zealand and parts of Europe—which together comprises around 70% of the butter exported around the world—began 2025 with historically low stockpiles that caused prices to spike.
—Yezen Saadah, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The existing space, in the center of a decade of construction, already had stockpiles of dirt on site.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
But businesses have drawn down stockpiles that were built up before the import taxes went into effect, meaning new inventory has been costlier.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockpiles
Noun
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The video also did not show any large or clear stashes of drugs inside the boat.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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In the case of the two bridges in Russia, the Ukrainian military found out about the stashes of mines and used it to its own advantage.—
Svitlana Vlasova,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
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The base stores up to three tools, including a corner cleaner and an edge sweeper.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Sep. 2025
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The system also comes with molten salt thermal storage, which stores the heat from the reactor in tanks.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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See the full setlist here The music does a lot of the legwork, stadium-ready with massive, no-frills choruses begging to be sung back to him by hoards of devotees.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
29 Aug. 2025
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The gray hoards his food, making caches of acorns and other nuts or burying them in the ground.—
Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Stockpiles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockpiles. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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