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stock

[stok] / stɒk /






NOUN
investment in company
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Don’t miss: Microsoft earnings give the stock a boost.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The dollar is at 157.99 yen, compared with Y157.91 as of Wednesday’s Tokyo stock market close.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

After a nice run up on Tuesday, the shippers’ stock was falling Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The stock closed roughly flat at $531.01, and had gained 9.8% through the close.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Then along came the dot-com bubble and suddenly the entire stock market made no sense at all.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Canada has huge stocks of the critical minerals needed for green technologies such as batteries and wind turbines that Europe currently sources mostly from China.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Cybersecurity stocks have been hot this year as investors have reasoned that artificial intelligence will heighten the need for digital protection.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

U.S. stocks rose slightly after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady and left the door open to a rate hike in December.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The moves in refining stocks certainly warrant caution among investors given the “epic” price increases, Tom Kloza, chief energy adviser at Gulf Oil, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

He might be early, of course, and stocks might fall some before they rose, but that didn’t matter to him: The value was now there, and the bet would work out in the long run.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Then we opened the cupboards: good knives, cookware in every shape and size, multiple colanders, and a generously stocked spice cabinet guests were welcome to use.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Speaking on the same programme, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said she was "stocked up for the week at any time".

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

My current home is also stocked with multistage, HEPA-filter air purifiers that combine carbon absorption and ionizer technology all around the house, which came in handy during Covid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Lakers have stocked their team with versatile perimeter defenders to help complement their offensive-minded backcourt of Doncic and Reaves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Something pulled within him when he saw their bags had been left fully stocked with rations and their water gourds full.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

He explained that preparing for particularly bad weather usually involves stocking his van with spare roof tiles and clearing his schedule to deal with emergency calls.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Major retailers also are preparing for increased demand around the holidays and are stocking up and replenishing inventories, Seroka said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The new boxes, said Montgomery, will reduce stocking time at stores, and hence labor costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But the analysts said retailers would likely need greater proof that those products could actually sell before stocking the items on their shelves.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Lumps of ice formed wherever water splashed on the boys’ sweatshirts and the stocking hats they wore pulled down over their ears.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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