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
Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
The facility produces gunpowder and explosives for Russian military stocks, Kyiv's military said.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
New York — US stocks closed lower Thursday as jitters spread on Wall Street about credit market turmoil and regional banks’ exposures to bad loans.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
The state of play in restaurant stocks, in particular, exemplifies the shortcomings of a purely top-down view.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
The facility produces gunpowder and explosives for Russian military stocks, Kyiv's military said.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
New York — US stocks closed lower Thursday as jitters spread on Wall Street about credit market turmoil and regional banks’ exposures to bad loans.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stocks
Noun
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Wang explained that the tradition is to welcome the families.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Around 65,000 Arkansans participate in WIC, which offers food benefits, breastfeeding help and other health resources to low-income families.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Oct. 2025
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Noah's sister-in-law Esther (Jackie Tohn), the Jewish character portrayed most insultingly last year, has thankfully been softened and refined, and has somehow become the lone voice of reason amongst a group of immature idiots.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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To be funny while playing a character who’s sweet and endearing (even when calling his friends idiots) is a skill, and Bad Bunny has it.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Oct. 2025
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Participants danced and sang songs native to their tribal lineages.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
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The various lineages of Ursuța’s work are unmistakable.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Towns stretching out northwest from Pamukkale along a geological fault line tap into increasingly hotter supplies of steam and water surging up from underground.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Over the past year, Ukraine dispatched thousands of wheeled ground robots to its frontline military units to help deliver supplies, evacuate the wounded and, in some cases, attack the intruding Russians troops and push them out without risking the lives of Ukrainian soldiers.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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To reduce sensitive data, the system stores only pseudonymous resident profiles locally and doesn’t access cameras or microphones.—
Keivan Navaie,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Oct. 2025
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Researchers revealed that robot stores a digital twin of the wall.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While the shoes are currently only available for sale on luxury retail sites, their price ranges from $10 to under $100.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Not every traveler wants to feel terrified on vacation, so this round-up of eight spooky places around the globe ranges from the perfectly harmless to the downright creepy.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At its core, astrology is a map for self-awareness and one of the most underrated tools in this map is the 12 astrological houses.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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An investment banker who segued into business development, and later communications and merchandising for fashion houses including Prada, Gucci and Bottega Veneta, Bellettini helmed the Saint Laurent brand from 2013 until last January.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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This lack of representation is problematic for people of different ancestries because genetic risk factors differ across populations.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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The box covers the most popular classes and ancestries such as humans, elves, dwarves and halflings.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Stocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stocks. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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