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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
a bank of telephones set up for the telethon
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Recent Examples of bank
Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2025
When water is released too quickly or in too large quantities, downstream banks can erode, sweeping away sediment and damaging wetland ecosystems.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Boutiques are warning her that dress orders might take longer than nine months to arrive, as some designers are making the gambit to hold their shipments from China, banking on tariffs to fade out.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 29 June 2025
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Noun
The original Thomas Crown Affair landed two Oscar nominations and tells the story of an insurance investigator working to track down the perpetrator of a bank heist.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2025
When water is released too quickly or in too large quantities, downstream banks can erode, sweeping away sediment and damaging wetland ecosystems.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
Verb
The Trump administration is also considering significantly expanding the 12-country travel ban to more than four dozen countries, World Cup host cities in the United States that were banking on filling half their stadiums and hotels with foreign visitors could lose big.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Boutiques are warning her that dress orders might take longer than nine months to arrive, as some designers are making the gambit to hold their shipments from China, banking on tariffs to fade out.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bank
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This process is called hilling and creates an area of loose soil where tubers easily form while being shaded from the sun.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Feb. 2025
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For the best potato harvest, hill the potato plants again two to three weeks later.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Feb. 2025
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The government will deposit an initial $1,000 into the accounts and parents can contribute to $5,000 a year in post-tax dollars.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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Other elements include depositing only 75% of participants’ pension contributions into DROP accounts and capping cost-of-living adjustments for money going into the account.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
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The family piled into their 2008 Honda Odyssey for a 10-hour drive to a Christian summer camp in the Ozarks that the three children had attended for eight summers.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Driftwood logs pile up along the shore like a sculptural installation, and gray whales are sometimes visible from land in the spring.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
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When the team stacked these images together, the high-resolution result revealed Betelgeuse’s companion.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 July 2025
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The guest list is stacked this go round, with appearances from Lil Baby, Rick Ross, Lil Yachty, Ray J, Saucy Santana, Bob Menery, Sway Calloway, and Chocolate Droppa.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
22 July 2025
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Ground your garden’s corners with focal plants—shrubs, mounding perennials, or trios of smaller annuals.—
Lauren Dunec Hoang,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 July 2025
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Could Shohei Ohtani return to mound before the All-Star break?—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
11 June 2025
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“Bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bank. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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