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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Try storing your all-purpose cleaner alongside a microfiber cloth, glass cleaner, a mildly abrasive cleaner, and a pair of latex gloves in your cleaning caddy.—
Stacey Leasca,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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Tropical rainforests represent one of our planet’s most critical natural assets in the fight against climate change, storing approximately 25% of all terrestrial carbon despite covering just 6% of Earth’s land surface.—
Robert G. Eccles,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The individual has been cooperating with officials and initially showed the FBI text messages from Robinson about stashing a gun linked to the Kirk shooting.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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But stashing items along the trail is problematic.—
Marjorie “Slim” Woodruff,
Denver Post,
11 Sep. 2025
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The notion of an NBA team hoarding cap space — and then having nobody great to spend it on — would have been a comical concept 15 years ago, when star players traditionally waited for free agency before securing generational wealth.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Anyway, besides a chance to go on holiday overseas, the international dates are allowing hardcore fans — those who were on board the first time, and those, like Kieran, who demographically just missed ‘em then — to indulge in Oasis hoarding before the possible long winter ahead.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Both played in Week 1, but head into Week 2 still on the Niners’ injury report with Jennings accumulating a new shoulder injury in the process.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Arcángela and Serafina remain in the women’s penitentiary, continuing to operate illicit businesses and accumulating wealth, but without hope of freedom.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Stockpiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockpiling. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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