bank on
verb
banked on; banking on; banks on
: to depend or rely on
can always bank on her friendship
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The investment bank on Wednesday cut its rating on H shares to market-weight from overweight, while staying overweight on mainland China’s A shares — as a way to play artificial intelligence hardware.
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Investors are responding accordingly, banking on Africa’s young population and growing incomes.
—Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
Club brass was banking on internal improvement but underplaying the possibility for internal regression.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
But don’t bank on spotting them yourself…there’s a secret back room with its own private entrance for their many VIP clientele.
—Shay Spence, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
The Chiefs are banking on that shining through not only this season, but also well into the future.
—Jesse Newell, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Atlanta police are searching for a woman accused of robbing a Buckhead bank on Wednesday morning.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 28 May 2026
The Gators are banking on the investment to pay off.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
The final New York state budget did not include a delay to a smaller class sizes mandate that Mayor Mamdani is banking on to shave a half-billion dollars off the city’s budget gap after his administration failed to suggest amendments in time, the Daily News has learned.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Investors are responding accordingly, banking on Africa’s young population and growing incomes.
—Jenny Vaughan, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
Club brass was banking on internal improvement but underplaying the possibility for internal regression.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
But don’t bank on spotting them yourself…there’s a secret back room with its own private entrance for their many VIP clientele.
—Shay Spence, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
The Chiefs are banking on that shining through not only this season, but also well into the future.
—Jesse Newell, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Atlanta police are searching for a woman accused of robbing a Buckhead bank on Wednesday morning.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 28 May 2026
The Gators are banking on the investment to pay off.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
The final New York state budget did not include a delay to a smaller class sizes mandate that Mayor Mamdani is banking on to shave a half-billion dollars off the city’s budget gap after his administration failed to suggest amendments in time, the Daily News has learned.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
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“Bank on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bank%20on. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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