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noun (1)

Definition of banknext
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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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2
as in rank
a series of people or things arranged side by side a bank of elevators

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bank

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noun (2)

ˈbaŋk How to pronounce bank (audio)
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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as in to hill
to form into a pile or ridge of earth banked sand into little mounds on the beach

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as in to deposit
to put in an account she always banks half of her paycheck

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Recent Examples of bank
Noun
And the more anxious students become about their career prospects, the more attractive banks and banking clubs become. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 The bank upgraded the online marketplace to overweight from neutral. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
In normal times, correspondents try to bank a piece before taking time off in July. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 July 2026 North Koreans are banking, getting makeup tutorials and using period trackers on their phones. — Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bank
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bank
  1. cluster
  2. rank
  3. mound
  4. hill
  5. deposit
  6. batch
  7. row
  8. drift
Noun
  • However, federal officials said there are multiple clusters of the ailment active in the United States, and the FDA said a previous positive test result for the parasite in a Taylor Farms lettuce sample was later withdrawn.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Controversial links All 15 states in the outbreak cluster linked to Taylor Farms lettuce are states the company identified as having received its lettuce.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of cluster
Noun
  • This suggests that companies add to their part-time ranks to save on the health insurance costs of standard employment.
    — Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Kennedy, a member of the family that has run NASCAR for decades, was a pro stock car driver before joining the executive ranks.
    — Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of rank
Noun
  • After a discussion, the umpires announced that Schultz would have to exit because of the second mound visit of the inning.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • New York Mets rookie Jefry Yan jumped high in the air with his feet spread apart, landed on the front of the mound and then slapped the grass with his left hand while briefly going to a knee.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of mound
Verb
  • Leave a few inches at the top of the container to hill the crop later.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Some members say conversations are still ongoing about redistricting in Indiana, though Thursday’s vote makes that hill a steeper climb for Republicans with a candidate deadline in February fast-approaching.
    — Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
Definition of hill
Verb
  • Spiezio then turned on a fastball and deposited it into the right-field seats.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Varland to start the ninth and was standing on second when Bregman took a 1-2 knuckle-curve and deposited it off the wall and into the basket near the yellow 358-foot marker near the foul pole.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of deposit
Noun
  • The final batch continues to focus on the generations of the Buendía family living amid political infighting in Macondo while building up to the magical-realist masterpiece’s tragic end.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Those phases typically involve refining the design, validating performance, and producing an initial batch before larger procurement decisions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of batch
Noun
  • In the right circles, an invitation to the ballet is more prestigious than a front row seat at fashion week.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026
  • As a field producer and director on four McDonnell shows, Testa had a front-row seat to Bellum’s rapid downward spiral.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of row
Noun
  • Roughly 71% of Jewish voters supported Kamala Harris in 2024 — even as rising affluence would ordinarily predict a drift rightward.
    — Rory Lancman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In one study of nearly 240,000 chest X-rays, standard performance metrics failed to flag drift that was clinically obvious.
    — Fawad Butt, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
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