bank on
verb
banked on; banking on; banks on
: to depend or rely on
can always bank on her friendship
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By Yizhu Wang | Bloomberg The biggest banks on Wall Street didn’t let record earnings stop them from trimming more than 5,000 jobs in the first quarter.
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Bloomberg, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Bradham banked on sugar futures at 40 cents per pound and was locked in, according to Avery’s archives, before the price plummeted to around eight cents in a matter of weeks.
—Ryan Wilusz, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
But Grundy is banking on movement in Congress to support a bill that strips back the 2025 hemp-banning language while also regulating intoxicating hemp more than the 2018 farm bill did to root out bad actors in the industry and make industrial hemp more stable in the long term.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2026
Puka and business partner Scott Miller launched the DORO Marketplace concept in West Hartford six years ago, banking on a mix of European influences in menu and decor to draw steady crowds.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
It’s generally held that the hoard was found in a sand bank on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, part of the Outer Hebrides.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
The sheriff’s office said the watercraft, a 25-foot Dave’s Custom Boat, collided with the rocky banks on the Arizona side of the river, north of Lake Havasu.
—Lucy Hodgman, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
Prices are especially high for three of the rarest cards, which are being listed as high as $100 or more in some cases by resellers banking on collector demand to make a tidy profit.
—Jason Hidalgo, The Providence Journal, 6 Apr. 2026
Don’t bank on it, said Nicholas Creel in Newsweek.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 6 Apr. 2026
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Bloomberg, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Bradham banked on sugar futures at 40 cents per pound and was locked in, according to Avery’s archives, before the price plummeted to around eight cents in a matter of weeks.
—Ryan Wilusz, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
But Grundy is banking on movement in Congress to support a bill that strips back the 2025 hemp-banning language while also regulating intoxicating hemp more than the 2018 farm bill did to root out bad actors in the industry and make industrial hemp more stable in the long term.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2026
Puka and business partner Scott Miller launched the DORO Marketplace concept in West Hartford six years ago, banking on a mix of European influences in menu and decor to draw steady crowds.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
It’s generally held that the hoard was found in a sand bank on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, part of the Outer Hebrides.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
The sheriff’s office said the watercraft, a 25-foot Dave’s Custom Boat, collided with the rocky banks on the Arizona side of the river, north of Lake Havasu.
—Lucy Hodgman, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
Prices are especially high for three of the rarest cards, which are being listed as high as $100 or more in some cases by resellers banking on collector demand to make a tidy profit.
—Jason Hidalgo, The Providence Journal, 6 Apr. 2026
Don’t bank on it, said Nicholas Creel in Newsweek.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Bank on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bank%20on. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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