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stock

[stok] / stɒk /






NOUN
investment in company
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The new options vest if Trade Desk’s stock reaches price thresholds from $18 to $105 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

“When the stock market is particularly strong, then thematic funds tend to follow,” said Armour.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

Or should they encourage upgrades to the aging housing stock?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

First up, hosts Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers explain the how the new stock issuance works and why Meta’s board’s hands were tied.

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026

But Dad said, “After you boys see to the stock, take the morning off and walk down to the schoolhouse with your sister. Find out what needs to be done down there.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Still, AI-related stocks have broadly seen big 2026 gains.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

The shares were rising Friday, leading a rebound in chip stocks into the end of a volatile week.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Meanwhile, the E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures contract is up 0.2%, pointing to a positive opening for tech stocks in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Citi believes there’s even more downside potential after the three stocks have booked big declines as of late.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

For example, if the Industrials closed at 2213.27, the Transportation stocks at 778.31, and the Utilities at 251.32, then the number for the day would be 712.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Other people in Perranporth said they had stocked up on supplies in case they lost power during Storm Austen.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

They bought an expensive mattress, installed a new stove and work station and fully stocked the kitchen with dishes and appliances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The Lakers have stocked their team with versatile perimeter defenders to help complement their offensive-minded backcourt of Doncic and Reaves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Rather than serving as homes for protective ants, some of the plant chambers had effectively become nurseries stocked with prey for developing wasp larvae.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

I got some other stuff while I was there; I had already decided to move back to the house, but to leave the cave stocked for the time being, just in case.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

Major retailers also are preparing for increased demand around the holidays and are stocking up and replenishing inventories, Seroka said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 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

Ned Ludd was the fabled hero of the early-19th-century Luddites, who smashed stocking frames—knitting machines for socks—and burned factories to protest job-destroying technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

This includes stocking up on medicines and equipment at clinics and intensifying surveys of water and air quality.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

He had to get to work plumping pillows and stocking the fruit bowl.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin


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