- present participle of hoard.
hoarding
Example Sentences
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Henderson fell over an advertising hoarding and broke his arm after the win over Mexico.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Yes, as these companies’ statements uniformly note, those chips are being taken up by the A.I. data center rush, with Google and OpenAI leading the way in hoarding these processors.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Others are hoarding cash in preparation for a layoff they consider inevitable, or placing risky bets on the stock market to get rich before their job and salary evaporates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Within industries, as a supply-chain crisis unfolds, fear and self-protection instincts kick in, with hoarding and company-level stockpiling resulting in confusing demand signals that make it hard for upstream producers to respond.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Someone must have been hoarding sugar just in case there was a direct hit on the airfield and everybody needed cheering up.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
