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
Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
China’s nuclear warhead stockpile remained in the low 600s in 2024, reflecting what the report described as a slower production rate compared to previous years.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 22 Dec. 2025
Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Apatow stockpiled photographs, scripts and press clips to document his career as a producer, screenwriter, director and stand-up.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
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Noun
As per the draft report, seen by Reuters, China’s nuclear stockpile was in the 600s as of 2024, but the country aims to have over 1,000 warheads before 2030.
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While Skenes' early years are apparently being wasted in a Pittsburgh organization that refuses to spend money to create a playoff-contending roster around him, the Pirates could build from within to create a strong team a few years down the road by stockpiling top prospects, Rymer argued.
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The days of underground stashes and whispered conversations are fading fast.—
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There’s also an interior stash pocket for the removable, cinchable hood.—
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Rather than storing all of your cleaning supplies in one central cabinet, use a caddy to keep some cleaning supplies and tools in each bathroom.—
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Instead of storing the marbles from your childhood in a bin in your closet, put them in a jar on your bookshelf.—
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The oldest coin in the hoard dates to 1863, the height of the American Civil War.—
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Poverty wages boosted profits GAESA’s many companies tap into the country’s foreign hard-currency revenues, and its business model keeps labor costs and taxes at a minimum, which may help explain the exorbitant hoard of dollars the military amassed even as ordinary Cubans became poorer and poorer.—
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
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Higher elevations from West Virginia through the border of North Carolina and Tennessee can expect accumulating snow.—
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“Stockpile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockpile. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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