stockpile
Example Sentences
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After a visit home, I returned to campus with a stockpile, like a confectionery smuggler crossing state lines with sugary contraband stuffed between sweatshirts in my suitcase.
From Salon
For more nimble investors, commodity prices may find longer-term support and experience shallower pullbacks as supply disruptions encourage countries to stockpile strategic materials.
From MarketWatch
From an inflationary point of view, it is in a better place than many other Asian economies, thanks to a massive oil stockpile and a years-long shift to green energy.
Well before the Iran War, Pentagon officials were alarmed at how low the U.S. weapons stockpiles were and urged weapons makers to increase missile production rates, as The Wall Street Journal reported.
The stockpile, which has since risen in value, adds Wyoming to a growing cohort of states, including some with mining heritages, looking to add precious metal to their investment portfolios.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
