stockpile
noun
a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
is stockpiling
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present progressiveof stockpile (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The armored car service he uses recently cut off his penny deliveries, so Andrzejewski is stockpiling them, asking employees to pick up rolls when any of them head to the bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
This 35-year-old is stockpiling $250,000 in nickels as a bet against inflation: ‘This has zero downside.’
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2025
The state is stockpiling sandbags and other emergency equipment should the weather change, Ferguson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2023
South Korea too is stockpiling LNG and began buying spot cargoes in September, a month earlier than usual, an industry ministry official said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2022
It is hard to say, but according to a survey from Retail Economics, as many as one in 10 UK consumers is stockpiling, based on a sample of 2,000 shoppers.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2020
