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stock

[stok] / stɒk /






NOUN
investment in company
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Today, Meta's value on the stock market is about $1.5tn.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The CEO controls 6.4 billion SpaceX shares, almost half of the stock outstanding.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Active managers argue that higher interest rates and AI disruption have created a stock picker’s market.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

The film introduces us to Ricky Bobby’s family with a gross-out splat, implying the soon-to-be stock car racer was born in the back of a speeding Chevelle driven by his reprobate father.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

An investor who went from the stock market to the bond market was like a small, furry creature raised on an island without predators removed to a pit full of pythons.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Netflix, Visa and other stocks rose on the news that Bill Ackman was investing in them.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

For a Hindenburg Omen to trigger, three criteria must be met, including an increase in the number of stocks simultaneously trading at new 52-week highs and new 52-week lows.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

To be sure, with stocks near record territory on Friday, nervous investors had plenty of other things to worry about besides obscure technicals.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

Stocks were slipping, but the S&P 500 was still on track to end the week near records after a boost from slowing inflation and some AI-related stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Inside were several guns on racks and he looked at them thoughtfully, running his fingers lovingly down the smooth grain of the hand-rubbed stocks, and finally lifted down a beautifully chased and engraved double-barreled gun.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

Steel, in the U.K., said he’s coming to this year’s race stocked with anti-inflammatories, ibuprofen and sunscreen to stay safe on the course.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

It’s very curated and stocked with all of the kinds of things I love.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Gruel recalls growing up in what he calls the “microwave generation,” in a house stocked with cereal, pasta, refined carbohydrates and premade salad dressings.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

Its clothes are stocked in shops including Selfridges and Urban Outfitters and it made £51m of sales in the year to June 2025.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

She had lemons in a bowl on the counter, because they fit her idea of how the flat should look, but inside the cupboards and the fridge, there was nothing Imogen would have stocked.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

That short supply means retailers may soon start stocking "sun-tanned" cauliflower because "their biggest nightmare is empty shelves", she said.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, the bearish puts that they had been stocking up on over the past few weeks were getting absolutely crushed, according to Charlie McElligott, a cross-asset strategist at Nomura.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

If you’re like me and still love stocking up on paper coupons, use them!

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

The soda company installed coolers in a handful of Texas locations, stocking them with Coke’s non-soda brands such as Powerade, carbonated coffees and energy drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

Marie-Laure hesitates at the window in her stocking feet, her bedroom behind her, seashells arranged along the top of the armoire, pebbles along the baseboards.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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