as in storing
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 stockpiling
Amid all this debate, Hume carried on breeding rhinos, while harvesting and stockpiling their horns.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
Local governments in Florida are also stockpiling cash in case overall federal aid is cut.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
In practice, chronic understaffing precipitated extra shifts and dangerous conditions in the facility, including rampant violence and weapons stockpiling, court records show.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
The brothers spent the months before the bombing ordering, stockpiling and transporting explosives, per BBC reporting at the time.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
These military bases continue to grow as the IDF’s presence in Gaza expands — stockpiling additional supplies, building tent structures and convening military vehicles in many of these integral positions.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2025
This problem of stockpiling funds in commissary accounts is also not a widespread issue.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
In addition to stockpiling, Taiwan’s government also hopes to boost agricultural production.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
The risks of stockpiling Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics and trade at the Cato Institute, discourages individual consumers from stockpiling goods.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
Local governments in Florida are also stockpiling cash in case overall federal aid is cut.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
In practice, chronic understaffing precipitated extra shifts and dangerous conditions in the facility, including rampant violence and weapons stockpiling, court records show.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
The brothers spent the months before the bombing ordering, stockpiling and transporting explosives, per BBC reporting at the time.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
These military bases continue to grow as the IDF’s presence in Gaza expands — stockpiling additional supplies, building tent structures and convening military vehicles in many of these integral positions.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2025
This problem of stockpiling funds in commissary accounts is also not a widespread issue.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
In addition to stockpiling, Taiwan’s government also hopes to boost agricultural production.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
The risks of stockpiling Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics and trade at the Cato Institute, discourages individual consumers from stockpiling goods.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockpiling
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By embedding living bacteria into the world’s most common building material, the team has created a supercapacitor capable of storing electricity.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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The integration of pg_vector extension enables storing and querying millions of vectors with millisecond response times, supporting real-time AI applications that process unstructured data alongside traditional business records.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Continue reading … MYSTERY DEEPENS – Newborn's autopsy results revealed after athlete accused of stashing body in closet.—
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FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Today’s collectors treat vehicles more like art objects than modes of transportation, Gibson said, and often display them in galleries of honor rather than stashing them in the garage.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Because people are hoarding gold, the economy cannot get up from flat on the ground.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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DeSantis implied that, with increasing property tax revenue coming into the county, the county was hoarding money in reserves rather than applying it to taxpayer initiatives.—
Josh Salman,
Miami Herald,
29 Aug. 2025
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Raynor picked Southeast Missouri State apart, completing 81% of his passes while accumulating 345 total yards and 3 touchdowns.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
5 Sep. 2025
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As younger generations struggle to buy their first homes, boomers are accumulating wealth and tightening their grip on assets that millennials and Gen Z need to get richer.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Stockpiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockpiling. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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