1
as in families
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
the bride comes from good stock
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2
as in idiots
a stupid person
just sat there like a stock, staring at me blankly whenever I asked him a question
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as in lineages
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
his family is of mixed northern European stock
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as in supplies
the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time
the new study adds to the general stock of knowledge about genetic disorders
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Recent Examples of stocks
Jim Edwards, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
Semiconductor stocks — Stocks across the semiconductor industry fell following a South Korean media report that Samsung will begin producing next generation, high bandwidth memory chips as soon as this month.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
When DeepSeek released its R1 model in late January 2025, claiming performance comparable to OpenAI's frontier models at a fraction of the training cost, tech stocks cratered.
—Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Several of Wall Street's most influential stocks are also set to deliver their latest earnings reports this week.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
And every time stocks have rallied, an equally relentless wave of skeptics has pared those gains.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
Semiconductor stocks — Stocks across the semiconductor industry fell following a South Korean media report that Samsung will begin producing next generation, high bandwidth memory chips as soon as this month.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
When DeepSeek released its R1 model in late January 2025, claiming performance comparable to OpenAI's frontier models at a fraction of the training cost, tech stocks cratered.
—Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Several of Wall Street's most influential stocks are also set to deliver their latest earnings reports this week.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stocks
Noun
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For Sokolowski, the magnitude of the threat urgently requires more awareness and intervention both by law enforcement as well as health care workers, teachers and families.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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San Francisco public schools shut down on Monday as teachers went on strike demanding improved healthcare benefits and pay raises, leaving the families of some 50,000 students scrambling for child care and meals.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Franchises are lost because of proud idiots.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
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This happens often enough when one administration succeeds another, to be sure, with the new team insisting that its predecessors were idiots, but the Hegseth Pentagon carries such insults to a new level.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Ninety million years after our lineages split, humans are beginning to listen to whales in a new way.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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Peter Godfrey-Smith, professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Sydney, explores the evolutionary roots of consciousness by tracing how felt experience may have emerged across different animal lineages.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Minute Maid’s frozen juices — including several varieties of orange juice, lemonade and limeade — will be discontinued by April, with inventory available while supplies last, Coca-Cola said.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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The sprint to build these sprawling facilities, which hold racks of humming servers powered by expensive processors, has touched off an unprecedented level of borrowing, pinched energy supplies and brought developers into conflict with communities worried about rising power and water costs.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Among the damage is a smashed statue of The Virgin Mary, other religious artifacts, like the tabernacle that stores communion, and destroyed furniture.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Prioritize email, shopping accounts, cloud storage and any service that stores payment or delivery information.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The group’s work ranges from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and X-Men to Superman and Batman.—
Anna Ortiz,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Her content there ranges from her favorite homemade almond milk to DMs about her latest products.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There are signs that lawmakers in both parties see the benefits of taking steps to add houses before this year's elections.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Sixty-five warming spaces — located at hospitals, houses of worship and schools — are active around town throughout the weekend, with warming buses also parked outside many of the hospitals and also transit hubs.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Stocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stocks. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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