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stock

[stok] / stɒk /






NOUN
investment in company
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The millionaire class has been on a steady climb in Maine in recent years, as it has in many other states, alongside the postpandemic stock market boom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Big companies can discover their value easily by creating markets in their stock.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

It then hid under a shelf and got locked in overnight before helping itself to some dog food and bird seed for breakfast and knocking stock around the store.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The stock market has now delivered a year’s return in about two weeks.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Everyone was eager to stock up before winter came, and it was almost here.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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