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bank

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noun (2)

as in mound
a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow) a bank of dirt that the construction workers left behind

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bank

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verb

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Recent Examples of bank
Noun
Burls store nutrients and water and, most importantly, provide a bank of genetic material that can sprout into new trees. Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025 Industry groups are having to shift from years of playing defense against tougher rules to going on offense under an administration that’s more open to bank deregulation — and to letting crypto take their business. Rachel Witkowski, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
From there, the questions veered into the details of banking regulatory policy. Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025 Hiatt, who had failed twice before to bring in funds for these farmers, tried again in 2019, this time banking their hopes on the emergency aid Congress had earmarked for the program. Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bank
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bank
Verb
  • 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
  • As the South Bay breeze swept into the stadium, hundreds of fans who were denied entry because of a sellout set up camp on the white stone wall and hill in between the stadium and Via Pacheco road.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Think of it as one fund, and whatever money everyone deposits into this goes into the investment of the casino.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The commission found the drop box acceptable as officials properly secured the box to the ground throughout its use and there were no allegations that ballots deposited in the drop box were not properly accounted for and processed on Election Day.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Interrupting the programming that tens of millions of Americans actively consume each weekend is always going to be a tough sell, but when the disruptive elements themselves start to become overly familiar, the negative implications begin to pile up.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • His recent tax cuts add to the unsustainable public debt the US is piling up, and to investor doubts our financial health over time.
    Harry Holzer, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite so much being stacked against them, the Angels had a shot to win before dropping a 2-1 decision to the Seattle Mariners.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • Excavating wetlands, as various studies have suggested, would yield soil that could be mounded into sound-blocking berms, as at Brooklyn Bridge Park; lookouts, as on Governors Island; and undulating grasslands like those at Freshkills.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Pruning 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia naturally develops a low mounding crown that requires little pruning to maintain.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bank. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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