as in stash
a supply stored up and often hidden away
an emergency stockpile of potable water and canned goods in the cellar
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as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
we should be able to stockpile enough vaccine for the upcoming flu season
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Recent Examples of stockpile
Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
My stockpile of research was huge in relation to that.
—Nia Shumake, Essence, 15 May 2025
Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
The bill allows Texas to stockpile bitcoin and potentially other cryptocurrencies.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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Noun
Police searched the house on the same property the next day, but the lab tech had managed to move their stockpile of jurema bark.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
My stockpile of research was huge in relation to that.
—Nia Shumake, Essence, 15 May 2025
Verb
The report cites evidence that charter operators have stockpiled hundreds of millions in reserves while the district has accrued debt, some using public funds to finance private deals.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
The bill allows Texas to stockpile bitcoin and potentially other cryptocurrencies.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockpile
Noun
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Murphy eventually invited his Senate colleagues to help themselves to his stash, leading to them offering to help restock the desk with their own candy.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
2 June 2025
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The grainy footage shows an approximately 25-pound bobcat gingerly walking across a log to return to its python stash.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
19 May 2025
Verb
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The training requires access to vast amounts of data that can best be stored in the cloud.—
John Clemons,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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They were initially created as a way for crypto investors to store their money but have grown in popularity in recent years for their use in digital payments.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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In one corner, the U.S.’s OpenAI hoards cutting-edge models behind APIs and licensing.—
Quartz Staff,
Quartz,
22 May 2025
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In just the past few months, a Romanian man used a metal detector to uncover an ancient hoard of Roman coins.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
15 May 2025
Verb
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The toxins accumulate in filter-feeding fish, and then poison larger mammals who gobble up the fish in mass quantities.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Here’s my list of all seven major pathways getting us from contemporary AI to the treasured AGI: (1) Linear path (slow-and-steady): This AGI path captures the gradualist view, whereby AI advancement accumulates a step at a time via scaling, engineering, and iteration, ultimately arriving at AGI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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“Stockpile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockpile. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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