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stock

[stok] / stɒk /






NOUN
investment in company
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Tesla’s stock has its worst drop in a year after the company’s earnings call leaves Wall Street with more questions than answers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Not all corners of the stock market declined.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Whether it’s selling a stock or business too early, or stockpiling food as an adult because you grew up with food insecurity, it’s difficult to take the emotion out of the equation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Cost has becomes a major issue after Anthropic and its archrival OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, both filed for stock market listings in June.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

They were now back to being, exclusively, stock market investors.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Despite AI stocks taking the role that cryptocurrency has occupied in recent years—a high-risk source for exponential growth— cryptocurrency hasn’t been forgotten.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Michael Brush listed various factors that could support a continuing bull market for technology stocks, while adding a warning about one particular Big Tech darling.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Wall Street opened broadly stable, with the Nasdaq Composite dipping 0.1 percent as tech stocks continued to struggle.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Energy stocks rose 3.8% to close at their highest level since May.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

All around came thudding as guns dropped to the ground, stocks to earth, followed by the pop of snaps, as leather cartridge pouches opened.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi

Bigelow Apothecaries in New York, doesn’t sell peptides in his store, which is stocked with a mix of vitamins, high-end beauty supplies and medications — all products he believes to be safe.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

By now, your box of stock has been used up and your fridge is stocked with plenty of leftovers.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

American roadsides and strip malls are stocked with retailers offering competitive pricing and an aversion to soft lighting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Son-in-law Jaya develops recipes and makes ice cream for the business and the family is working towards the goal of seeing their products stocked on supermarket shelves.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

There was a first-aid kit at the bottom, and luckily it was still stocked with bandages and antiseptic wipes and Tylenol.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

The shop in the city's densely packed Mong Kok area was founded in 2022 by a group of former journalists, stocking literature on democracy, authoritarianism and media literacy.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Supply-chain bottlenecks forced companies to rethink their dependence on overseas suppliers in favor of more domestic sourcing and inventory stocking that required factories and warehouses.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

You may miss stocking up in well-lit superstores but enjoy getting to know shopkeepers who run tiny bodegas.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Hundreds of people milled around a popular market in La Paz, stocking up on food products that had only just arrived.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Uhmma holds her high heels in one hand, her stocking feet buried in the sand.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na




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