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Etymology

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From re- +‎ stockpile.

Verb

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restockpile (third-person singular simple present restockpiles, present participle restockpiling, simple past and past participle restockpiled)

  1. (transitive) To stockpile again.
    • 1984 January 25, Charlevoix County Press[1], volume 104, number 47, page 4, column 4:
      The D.P.W., with heavy equipment, intermittently moves snow banks and restockpiles large amounts of snow.
    • 2004 November 12, “My Intro to the World of the CMP and Target Shooting”, in Out Your Backdoor[2]:
      The hallmark of the CMP event is the chance to own your own M1. After wars, rifles are restockpiled.
    • 2023 December, Ray L. Lent, “Economic and Market Commentary”, in Portsmouth Financial Services[3]:
      When Congress does get back to work, with hopefully a minimum of self-inflicted damage, its members will be wrestling with efforts to reduce the deficit through cuts and taxation or fund our security needs— Border, Israel, Ukraine and restockpiling American defense reserves.
    • 2024 February 8, Casey Holdahl, “Trail Blazers Focus On The Present At The 2024 Trade Deadline”, in NBA[4]:
      “We definitely knew we had to restockpile our picks, which I feel like we've done a good job of, but at the same time we wanted to add some players to this roster too, []