stocks 1 of 2

noun

Definition of stocksnext
plural of stock
1
as in families
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor the bride comes from good stock

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2
as in idiots
a stupid person just sat there like a stock, staring at me blankly whenever I asked him a question

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3
as in lineages
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended his family is of mixed northern European stock

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as in supplies
the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time the new study adds to the general stock of knowledge about genetic disorders

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stocks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of stock
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as in stores

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as in ranges

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stocks
  1. families
  2. ranges
  3. tribes
  4. losers
  5. clans
  6. dips
  7. origins
  8. furnishes
Noun
  • The rest came from the Sandy Hook families, who agreed to put some of the potential money from their defamation lawsuit against Jones toward the bid, The New York Times reported.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In a subsequent court filing, Murray said the Onion’s bid was valued at $7 million when factoring in the backing of the Sandy Hook families.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of families
Verb
  • Pricing of this exclusive collection ranges from $128 - $1400 USD.
    Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The price for 5000 grafts in Turkey ranges from $1,000 to $5,500, depending on the clinic and patient requirements.
    Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of ranges
Noun
  • Short-term leases will give the tribes the resources to help pay for infrastructure and delivery.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • We were meant to be in little tribes, and our survival depended on our tribe being well off.
    Liz Kislik, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of tribes
Noun
  • Target has emerged as a laggard within what is shaping up to be a field of clear winners and losers for the major retail stocks this year.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Investors are in the final stretch of 2024, and many are moving money from the year’s big winners into the biggest losers.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of losers
Noun
  • Any recognition of Somaliland as an independent state will result in dangerous repercussions, including exacerbating internal divisions between the various clans of Somaliland that support independence and others that seek to remain within the Somali federal state.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement California wildlife officials are poised to decide whether to designate six isolated clans of pumas as endangered or threatened species under state law.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of clans
Noun
  • The trays are packaged in a plastic clamshell and include items like pita bread, apricots, olives, feta cheese and individual containers of dips, including the tzatziki sauce.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The trays are packaged in a plastic clamshell and include items like pita bread, apricots, olives, feta cheese and individual containers of dips, including the tzatziki sauce.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of dips
Noun
  • The goose game has its origins in a 16th-century board game once played at the court of the Medici and famously gifted to Spain’s King Philip II.
    John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Though the white paper that introduced bitcoin’s origins and philosophy—something of an urtext for crypto overall—does not discuss politics per se, cryptocurrency was quickly adopted and championed by cyberlibertarians.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of origins
Verb
  • The open-pit mine that furnishes nickel for Tesla batteries is largely hidden from public view behind a mountain.
    Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Through example, a country communicates its values and furnishes a context for all that its representatives say and do.
    Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2020
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