stock
noun
a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
had been stocking
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past perfect progressiveof stock.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the bearish puts that they had been stocking up on over the past few weeks were getting absolutely crushed, according to Charlie McElligott, a cross-asset strategist at Nomura.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Some pubs say that people had been stocking up on Murphy's as an alternative to Guinness but they claim that has led to Murphy's limiting allocations, too.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
But during those weeks of quiet, Russia had been stocking up weaponry.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2023
Mr. Lapko said that a truckload of firewood costs nearly three times what it did last year, before the Russian invasion, and that everyone in the area had been stocking up on wood.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
The next day, while returning from town where they had been stocking up for the feast they had promised themselves, they again met Walter Mason.
From Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves by Annie Roe Carr
