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as in piling
to form into a pile or ridge of earth
banked sand into little mounds on the beach
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as in depositing
to put in an account
she always banks half of her paycheck
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Recent Examples of banking
Free services like Tubi might be banking on exactly that.
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Just about everything with the Mini Countryman is banking on nostalgia and social cred.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
In storage, the concentrated desiccant and pure water are held in tanks, effectively banking cooling potential for later.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
From there, the questions veered into the details of banking regulatory policy.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Just about everything with the Mini Countryman is banking on nostalgia and social cred.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
In storage, the concentrated desiccant and pure water are held in tanks, effectively banking cooling potential for later.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
From there, the questions veered into the details of banking regulatory policy.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banking
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Medical bills, rehabilitation expenses and everyday expenses begin piling up; not only does the resulting time away from work spill into day-to-day productivity and team performance, but also long-term engagement, morale and retention.—
Mark Berookim,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Many of these homes are now piling up on the Florida market, remaining unsold for longer than any time in the past five years.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The scheme involved stealing mail, altering checks, and depositing them into various bank accounts.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Part of their jobs included depositing payments from the district court clerk’s office into the Bank of Labor.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Sep. 2025
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With time running out, the Yankees need to start stacking wins and hoping for Blue Jays losses.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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And over the past nine months, a team of judges has been measuring it, pinpointing the exact location of the wave’s base, then stacking images of Slebir’s crouched pose on top of each other like a totem pole up the face of the wave.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Banking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banking. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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