stockpile
Example Sentences
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The team noted that the U.S., for example, has stockpiled copper, pulling much of it from the global market and causing prices to rise.
From MarketWatch
“For context, China’s iron ore port stockpiles have only lifted above 160 million tons briefly on three occasions in 2018 and one occasion in 2022,” he says.
It’s true that should the Iranian regime topple “the country’s stockpiles of highly enriched uranium and operating nuclear reactors could become dangerously unsecured.”
As the sector weathers a period of unprecedented uncertainty, retailers and manufacturers are sitting on their biggest polished‑stone stockpiles in years.
From Barron's
It also has significant stockpiles of short-range missiles capable of reaching U.S. bases in the Gulf and ships in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as antiship cruise missiles.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
