- present participle of stock.
stocking
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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
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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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