stockpile
noun
a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
had stockpiled
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past perfectof stockpile.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The digital version of the store offered coupons for 20% off a single item but didn’t accept the paper coupons that most shoppers had stockpiled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Vucic said NIS had stockpiled enough fuel to last until the end of the year, with further reserves held by the government.
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
The tax board also found that the insurer had stockpiled “extraordinarily high surpluses” even as it failed to offer enough public benefits, such as more affordable coverage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
And with electricity cut off for months, he and his neighbors lost everything they had stockpiled in their fridges and freezers.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2022
Fabric was getting harder to come by, but Sister Wanda had stockpiled quite a bit.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
