as in stored
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
he's been hoarding empty yogurt containers all winter, with the intention of using them to start seedlings in the spring
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Recent Examples of hoarded
Gallatin, Tennessee — More than 250,000 animals are hoarded in residences across the United States each year, according to the Animal Humane Society, and they are often left to suffer in horrific conditions.
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Meg Dunn, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
All around him, there is misery and hoarded wealth, work and little love.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
Wagner understands that wisdom, like all that is most precious, should be shared and not hoarded.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Bread was divided, not hoarded.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Hamas, which rules Gaza, has repeatedly obstructed aid distribution, hoarded supplies and used humanitarian sites for military purposes.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
But neighbors told the outlet that dogs were being hoarded in the home for years.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Meg Dunn, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
All around him, there is misery and hoarded wealth, work and little love.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
Wagner understands that wisdom, like all that is most precious, should be shared and not hoarded.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Bread was divided, not hoarded.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Hamas, which rules Gaza, has repeatedly obstructed aid distribution, hoarded supplies and used humanitarian sites for military purposes.
—Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
But neighbors told the outlet that dogs were being hoarded in the home for years.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoarded
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One camp might have moldy walls and machinery stored inches from a sleeping area.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Some food was stored on the floor in the freezer, there was no soap at one of the hand sinks and food debris was found on the outside of some of the equipment.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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Thousands of pages of documents stashed in drawers, stuffed in bags, and piled in boxes in a bathtub chronicle every step of their 16-year quest for justice.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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In the early days, operating out of a small cart, Rossini served the cookies in paper cones, which couldn’t be folded up or stashed in a bag.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Software-defined The Neue Klasse is a clean-sheet design, and BMW has used this as an opportunity to clear out the legacy cruft that has accumulated over the years.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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By the end, Sabalenka had accumulated more than twice as many winners as Pegula, 43-21.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Hoarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoarded. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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