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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
The agency states these incidents can occur due to the overheating that power banks and similar devices experience as a result of a process called thermal runaway. Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026 Empower links bank accounts, IRAs, retirement plans, loans, credit cards and mortgages to the app. Amy Deyoung, USA Today, 27 June 2026
Verb
The FPCs have to file financial statements which shine a spotlight on everything from the headcount and social security payments of the staff to the amount of reimbursement banked by the studio and the total cost of the production. Christian Sylt, Fortune, 17 June 2026 Astier banked in a halfcourt shot just before the halftime buzzer to give New York a 51-44 lead. ABC News, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bank
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bank
Noun
  • Potential profits have encouraged traffickers to ship massive amounts of illicit drugs to both countries, often across the Pacific Ocean from South America via the Pacific Islands, a loose cluster of thousands of islands and atolls.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • NielsenIQ data shows that Hispanic consumers tend to be driven by brand trust, family influence and cultural identity—in ways that never surface in behavioral clusters.
    Hernan Tagliani, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Indiana, Missouri, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin rank among the states with the most jackpot-winning tickets.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Over the next couple of decades, Saez advanced through the ranks of the bank and played a key role in integrating systems when SunTrust merged with BB&T in 2019 to form Truist Bank.
    Kelly Yamanouchi, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Video from Driscol Rojas, who describes himself as a filmmaker, shows mounds of rubble in Caraballeda.
    Osmary Hernández, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • But Ohtani has been just as impressive on the mound this year.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Leave a few inches at the top of the container to hill the crop later.
    Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 13 Apr. 2026
  • 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, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • According to Ceconi, these products don’t actually soften, but instead deposit a waxy coating on the fabric.
    Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 30 June 2026
  • He’s transported to a realm of Tolkienesque fantasy, deposited somewhere between the Stony Waste and the Frozen Sea.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District announced Wednesday that a batch of mosquitoes collected Thursday, June 18, from a trap in Glenview tested positive for West Nile in the district's lab five days later.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Today, now working with master distiller Hervé Grangeon, Vodkress remains a small-batch, craft spirit (only 7,000 liters are produced each year), available at select venues, such as the Surf Club in Miami and chef Bruno Verjus’s Parisian eatery, Table.
    Ian Phillips, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Fans have been seen performing the row on an escalator in Boston.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 1 July 2026
  • Inside, more than 120 humanoids stand in neat rows, each performing a specific task repeatedly, from sorting packages or changing diapers to scooping popcorn, guided by human trainers with handheld controllers next to them.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Look for compact cultivars with burgundy or deep plum foliage that contrasts with the bright flowers, or a green variety covered in drifts of white blooms.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
  • When systems fail, drift or misinterpret context, failure must be detected, contained and corrected.
    Stephane Gervais, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

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“Bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bank. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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