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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as in stores
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
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
Pre-positioning munitions, as well as stockpiles of energy, medical, and food supplies, also could help disabuse Chinese leaders of the notion that Taiwan can be taken quickly and cheaply.
—Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
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
Noun
Most of our supply comes indirectly from tritium decay in nuclear stockpiles, producing only modest quantities.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
Pre-positioning munitions, as well as stockpiles of energy, medical, and food supplies, also could help disabuse Chinese leaders of the notion that Taiwan can be taken quickly and cheaply.
—Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
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
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 image gets loaded into a separate chip soldered onto the motherboard (specifically, its Serial Peripheral Interface) that stores UEFI firmware.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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The length that a client stores their items is on average three to four years, according to Hoey, noting that a majority tend to close their vault when relocating.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
17 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 4 Oct. 2025.
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