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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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 inventories
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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Recent Examples of stocks
Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The triangular chain of reefs and rocks is coveted for its strategic location, bountiful fish stocks, and role as a sanctuary for boats during storms.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
The legislation would force lawmakers to sell all individual stocks within 180 days after the bill is enacted.
—Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Microcaps typically refer to stocks with market capitalizations of between $50 million and $300 million, meaning the companies raised only a few million in the initial public offering.
—Evelyn Cheng,anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Last September, shortly after Schulman joined, Burberry fell out of the FTSE 100 index of blue chip stocks on the London Stock Exchange due to its shrinking valuation.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
That's true given the strong run that stocks have seen overall in recent years relative to safer asset classes.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
As a group, HQ Portfolio stocks provided better returns with less risk versus the benchmark index; less of a roller-coaster ride, as evident in HQ Portfolio performance metrics.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The triangular chain of reefs and rocks is coveted for its strategic location, bountiful fish stocks, and role as a sanctuary for boats during storms.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
The legislation would force lawmakers to sell all individual stocks within 180 days after the bill is enacted.
—Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Microcaps typically refer to stocks with market capitalizations of between $50 million and $300 million, meaning the companies raised only a few million in the initial public offering.
—Evelyn Cheng,anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Last September, shortly after Schulman joined, Burberry fell out of the FTSE 100 index of blue chip stocks on the London Stock Exchange due to its shrinking valuation.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
That's true given the strong run that stocks have seen overall in recent years relative to safer asset classes.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stocks
Noun
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Despite the potential dangers, some young users and their families say trying the controversial therapy is preferable to being stuck in the status quo.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jenkins, a former Brevard County school board member and speech pathologist, released a launch video casting herself as a fighter for working families, drawing on her own experience working multiple jobs to make ends meet.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That's right, thanks to the one and only Taylor Swift for hopping on and deciding to talk with two complete idiots that don't know anything about the music industry.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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This doesn't mean the Furons are idiots who got lucky, though.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Slavers didn’t keep records of family lineages and the enslaved couldn’t do so.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Mingling and interbreeding Modern humans and Neanderthals share an ancestor that originated in Africa, but the two lineages diverged at least 500,000 years ago.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In a dressing room near the amphitheatre on Little Island, a makeup artist (James Kaliardos, standing) was pouring his attention and a wealth of beauty supplies onto a countertenor (Anthony Roth Costanzo, seated).—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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And for those who enjoy the in-store shopping experience, select Party City locations nationwide continue to welcome customers who want to browse and pick up their party supplies in person.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The base stores up to three tools, including a corner cleaner and an edge sweeper.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Sep. 2025
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The system also comes with molten salt thermal storage, which stores the heat from the reactor in tanks.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Bortle scale is a numerical scale that ranges from one to nine, with one being an excellent dark sky site with no light pollution and nine being an area with considerable light pollution and many night sky objects invisible to the naked eye.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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This versatile cover is available in a circular shape that ranges from 12 to 27 inches diameter to dress up basic cushions on less accommodating dining chairs or use it as pop-up seating on the lawn (no grass stains here).—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The 48 megapixel camera houses a telephoto lens with 1x, 2x, 4x and 8× optical zoom and 8K recording capabilities.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The couple put offers on half a dozen houses.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That may not have occurred yet, but today’s tariff costs don’t reach yesterday’s inventories.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Outside the Jeoffry section, the poem celebrates goats, wine, the King of Sardinia, the Postmaster General, and on and unpredictably on, compiling one of the more eccentric inventories of creation.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Stocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stocks. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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