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  • present participle of stock.
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stocking

[stok-ing] / ˈstɒk ɪŋ /
NOUN
leg covering
Synonyms


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She also urged retailers to reconsider stocking the glasses given the investigation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Retailers are stocking a wide assortment of policies for the AI shopping agents suddenly headed for their online doors, the WSJ Leadership Institute’s Patrick Coffee reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But the analysts said retailers would likely need greater proof that those products could actually sell before stocking the items on their shelves.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The Golden Bears assembled what recruiting network 247Sports called the ACC’s second-best transfer portal class this spring, rebuilding its defense with younger, high-ceiling players and stocking its offense with more proven talent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Elodin ran for a few steps, then stopped, his stocking feet gliding across the smooth marble floor, his master’s robes streaming out behind him.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Back in the States several months later I mailed her three pairs of nylon stockings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

The other DHS clip is a montage of Yuletide cheer — Santa, elves, stockings, dancing — over a sped-up electro-trash remake of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

Meanwhile, investors may be hoping for some gold and silver in their Christmas stockings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

The elaborate practice of the "evzones", elite infantry conscripts wearing skirts, white stockings and clogs, routinely draws a wall of tourist smartphones.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

They dress as if they are going pheasant hunting on a cool English morning, in silk doublets, velvet breeches, stockings, shoes, and felt hats, with their powder flasks hanging at their sides.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone



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