as in sock
a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg
thick wool stockings designed to be worn with hiking boots
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Recent Examples of stocking
Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
Klum paired her thigh-highs with delicate fishnet stockings that completed the look.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 6 Oct. 2025
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Leotards, animal ears and face paint have replaced sexy costumes, high heels and fishnet stockings.
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Instead of stocking one vaccine, pediatricians would have to stock three different ones and then track the separate shots for each of their patients.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for stocking
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This previously-$30 set of Merino wool socks already has an excellent value, but the new price point is even sweeter.—
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In addition to feeling good, the socks do good too; for every pair sold, a pair is donated to someone in need.—
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There’s also a secret pocket in the waistband for storing small slender items like credit cards or an ID.—
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Marvel has publicly acknowledged that the studio's productions often scan actors' bodies, though the scans are generally only used for visual effects purposes rather than storing actors' likenesses for future projects.—
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Later that decade, alarm bells started going off within the CIA and FBI over the arrest and execution of numerous double agents feeding secrets to the United States.—
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The Pats might be wise to begin feeding him on early downs before defenses, like the Dolphins' and Buffalo's before them, can send double-teams on third-and-long.—
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The launches follow Lumus supplying the waveguide used in Meta Ray-Ban Display AR glasses in 2025, a deal that demonstrated both optical performance and mass manufacturability of geometric waveguides.—
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The United Arab Emirates has been accused by human rights groups of directly supplying the RSF with weaponry, an allegation the country strongly denied, while Saudi Arabia and Egypt have allied with the SAF.—
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Whether lounging in white wicker rocking chairs or eating outside off wrought iron tables, some patio furniture will always be reminiscent of her.—
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In search of evidence Doctors kept asking Nicole what Hannah had been eating in the months leading up to her hospital stay.—
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For an intimate check-in, there’s no better place than Petit Soleil, which has a complimentary apéritif hour and breakfast, plus country-French custom furnishing across its 21 rooms.—
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The Swedish home furnishing giant uses the Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) framework to standardize reporting across multiple transport modes, drawing on primary data rather than generic estimates.—
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The president has been shown potential plans, ranging from possible military strikes to action that doesn’t include the military, according to MS Now and other media outlets.—
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Snag it in black, white, green, blue, or maple or walnut wood stains in sizes ranging from 4 by 4 inches to 8 by 10 inches.—
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Suhail Kwatra, 43, who has been known around the region for outfitting socialites, has turned around his criminal complaint out of Boston Municipal Court — claiming that the $400,000 scam at the Pru Saks was fabricated.—
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Builders made a racket with power tools on the second floor, outfitting the space for ICE to double its personnel in the coming months.—
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“Stocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stocking. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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