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• present participle of hoard.

hoarding

¹ American  

[hawr-ding] / ˈhɔr dɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of a person or animal that hoards.

   Depression-era hoarding, when gold coins disappeared from circulation;

   the hoarding of nuts by chipmunks.

2. hoardings, things that are hoarded.

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hoarding ² American  

[hawr-ding, hohr-] / ˈhɔr dɪŋ, ˈhoʊr- /

noun

1. a temporary fence enclosing a construction site.

2. British. a billboard.

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hoarding British  

/ ˈhɔːdɪŋ /

noun

1. Also called (esp US and Canadian): billboard.  a large board used for displaying advertising posters, as by a road

2. a temporary wooden fence erected round a building or demolition site

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Etymology

Origin of hoarding¹

First recorded in 1585–95; hoard + -ing ¹

Origin of hoarding²

First recorded in 1815–25; obsolete hoard (from Old French hourd(e) “palisade made of hurdles,” from Germanic; compare German Hürde “hurdle”) + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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hoarding

Yes, as these companies’ statements uniformly note, those chips are being taken up by the A.I. data center rush, with Google and OpenAI leading the way in hoarding these processors.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

A public tired of hoarding toilet paper in isolation lived it up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Within industries, as a supply-chain crisis unfolds, fear and self-protection instincts kick in, with hoarding and company-level stockpiling resulting in confusing demand signals that make it hard for upstream producers to respond.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

This pivotal moment that’s had them hoarding assets and fencing off their financial flexibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Instead of limiting the number of animals, cities could make ordinances to keep people from hoarding chickens in living rooms.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

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