hoarding

Example Sentences

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Leadership is about controlling the platform on which others build, not hoarding end products.

From The Wall Street Journal

Global tensions are making the Chinese government nervous about disruptions to energy imports, so it is hoarding more oil as an insurance policy.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the same time, the collapse of the Soviet Union drastically lowered the price of titanium, an extraordinarily strong metal that the Soviets had been hoarding to build nuclear submarines.

From The Wall Street Journal

This applies to business investment plans, and those older consumers who have been hoarding savings and not spending.

From BBC

U.S. commercial banks may also be hoarding liquidity, and not lending in out in the repo market, to avoid recognizing around $400 billion in unrealized securities losses, according to Bank of America data.

From Barron's