hoarded

Example Sentences

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A compensation reset was probably inevitable after companies hoarded talent and dangled big raises a few years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Over years of high inflation and currency controls, Argentines traded their battered pesos for dollars, which they often hoarded at home, in cash.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

He’s even selfishly hoarded toilet paper in his fancy adobe estate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

The buried treasure, while real in the end, isn’t hoarded or privatized.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025

Macon hoarded his money; Milkman gave his away.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison