stockpiling

present participle of stockpile

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Recent Examples of stockpiling As the dockworker strike heads into its third day, fears of shortages have led some shoppers to start stockpiling goods. Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024 Most of Syria’s tank units and artillery batteries have disbanded, and much of the country’s massive arsenal of chemical weapons, which Damascus began stockpiling in the 1970s to deter Israel, has been dismantled under international supervision. Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2016

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“Stockpiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockpiling. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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