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Recent Examples of banker
Maddox quickly became a huge success, and soon my phone didn’t stop ringing: every banker in the City wanted in.
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Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The new focus on Cook is an expansion of the Trump administration’s intense pressure campaign against the Fed, specifically central bankers who aren’t perceived as allies of the president.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
The meeting summary depicted a divergence of opinion among the central bankers, whose vote to hold their key rate steady came despite objections from two Fed governors who argued in favor of cutting.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to give a speech at the end of the week at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium of global central bankers and finance chiefs.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
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Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
The new focus on Cook is an expansion of the Trump administration’s intense pressure campaign against the Fed, specifically central bankers who aren’t perceived as allies of the president.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
The meeting summary depicted a divergence of opinion among the central bankers, whose vote to hold their key rate steady came despite objections from two Fed governors who argued in favor of cutting.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to give a speech at the end of the week at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium of global central bankers and finance chiefs.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banker
Noun
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Fulton had played a hooker in Girl of the Night (1960), starring Anne Francis, when someone from As the World Turns called her manager looking to see if one of his clients, East of Eden actress Lois Smith, was available to play Lisa.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Strip clubs, booze, hookers, blow, the whole nine yards.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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After the crew’s last letters were sent home from the coast of Greenland, Franklin’s two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, were last sighted by whalers off Baffin Island.—
Cassidy Randall,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The Azores are a destination ideally seen from the bow of a ship, like the salty whalers of yore.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Unable to afford a taxi, Mariam was walking her to the nearest clinic, located about an hour on foot from her home, when the child died.—
Elise Blanchard,
Time,
21 Aug. 2025
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Inigo went back to Holland Park the next day and returned in a taxi with an artwork about the size of a small coffee table.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Gulf Coast shrimpers have been pummeled in recent years by natural and man-made disasters, as well as rising fuel costs.—
Emily Cochrane,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Southern shrimpers face multiple challenges, including rising costs and cheaper foreign imports.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
24 Mar. 2025
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One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island.—
Adam Iscoe,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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The alternative would have been a full scrapping, which is what befell another Staten Island ferryboat, the Andrew J. Barberi.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For example, the city of Sugar Land, Texas, tested an autonomous cable-rail system, utilizing electric gondolas to swiftly transport passengers between key city points without requiring transfers.—
Nadezhda Kosareva,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Enjoy gondola rides along the Central Canal, rent bikes or pedal boats, sprawl out for a picnic, or catch concerts at the 6,000-seat Everwise Amphitheatre with stunning downtown skyline views.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Aug. 2025
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The resort is also conveniently located for embarking or disembarking a cruise or ferry connection, with the port of Piraeus about 30 to 45 minutes away, depending on traffic.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Aug. 2025
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This is the Wednesday evening ferry coming into the Island.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Banker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banker. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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