Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
to take stock , under stock.
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- noun reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook
- noun making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand
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Examples
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But if the accounts recently published by Ryan Lizza in The New Yorker and by Peter Baker in tomorrow's New York Times Magazine can be believed, the stock-taking at the White House has hardly begun.
David Bromwich: The Dying Art of Political Explanation David Bromwich 2010
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That kind of stock-taking and forward planning was in fact an underlying idea behind a three-day high-level event that took place at the United Nations in late September.
Kiyotaka Akasaka: Millennium Development Goals: Drive to Combat Global Ills Gets a Boost at UN Summit Kiyotaka Akasaka 2010
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But if the accounts recently published by Ryan Lizza in The New Yorker and by Peter Baker in tomorrow's New York Times Magazine can be believed, the stock-taking at the White House has hardly begun.
David Bromwich: The Dying Art of Political Explanation David Bromwich 2010
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But if the accounts recently published by Ryan Lizza in The New Yorker and by Peter Baker in tomorrow's New York Times Magazine can be believed, the stock-taking at the White House has hardly begun.
David Bromwich: The Dying Art of Political Explanation David Bromwich 2010
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But if the accounts recently published by Ryan Lizza in The New Yorker and by Peter Baker in tomorrow's New York Times Magazine can be believed, the stock-taking at the White House has hardly begun.
David Bromwich: The Dying Art of Political Explanation David Bromwich 2010
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There will be a stock-taking process, Mr. Amano said.
U.N. Agency Calls for Safety Review Flemming Emil Hansen 2011
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SOTU: Rice on Iran - ‘We will do a stock-taking in September’
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Yes, due diligence, but more importantly a stock-taking of what people really need vs. who can give that to them
I’m A Social Media Celebrity…..Get Me Out Of Here! « One Size Fits One 2009
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Equally compelling is the novel's grasp of the spiritual stock-taking that follows large-scale disasters, manmade or otherwise.
A Novel That Parses the Inexplicable Danny Heitman 2011
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But if the accounts recently published by Ryan Lizza in The New Yorker and by Peter Baker in tomorrow's New York Times Magazine can be believed, the stock-taking at the White House has hardly begun.
David Bromwich: The Dying Art of Political Explanation David Bromwich 2010
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