hoard
Example Sentences
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A compensation reset was probably inevitable after companies hoarded talent and dangled big raises a few years ago.
The evening’s activity had to be kept brief because the city now had electricity only a short while each night, and candles had to be hoarded for emergencies.
From Literature
As with TP, people in the 1970s tried to protect the gas they had and hoard more.
From Los Angeles Times
In times of uncertainty, people have previously hoarded savings.
From BBC
It’s Greg Abel’s Berkshire Hathaway now, but the last act of Warren Buffett as CEO appears to have been putting some of the conglomerate’s record cash hoard to work.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
