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Definition of banknext
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 bank said business reasons drove the decision, not politics. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 24 July 2026 This is primarily because banks reserve offers for lower-risk borrowers, since banks aren’t earning interest on those balances during the introductory period. Ryley Amond, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Verb
Nia Coffey banked in a 3-pointer on the Lynx’s next possession for an 11-point lead. Daily News, 15 July 2026 Starting with Iron Man in 2008, Feige had produced more than three dozen of its films that have combined to gross north of $32 billion worldwide — 11 of which have banked $1 billion-plus on their own. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bank
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bank
Noun
  • The largest cluster was worked the way foodborne outbreaks have been for decades, by interviewing the sick until a common thread appeared.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • That agentic swarm exploited a flaw in Hugging Face’s data-processing pipeline to gain the ability to run code as a processing worker, eventually escalating to high-level access to the company’s cloud and server clusters.
    Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • Feehan, a first lieutenant who was killed Saturday, will be posthumously promoted to the rank of captain and awarded the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • After spells at Le Havre, ASPTT Marseille and Nationals of Cavigal, RB Leipzig pounced last summer to sign him from the amateur ranks of French football.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Noun
  • Arrighetti exited the mound at Rate Field after a brief conversation, continuing the right-hander’s confounding, two-month collapse while thrusting Houston’s rotation into a further state of flux.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 25 July 2026
  • Webb on the mound, the Giants positioned themselves to cruise to an easy victory.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
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
Verb
  • Isopropyl myristate, while volatile, is rather stable once deposited on a surface.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
  • On the Moon, solar winds have deposited millions of tons of it across the lunar soil over billions of years.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • Morgan Bernados couldn't get through the queue for her local theater in the San Francisco Bay Area when a batch of seats dropped a few months ago.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 July 2026
  • To preserve summer, make a double batch, then cool and freeze in an airtight container for up to two months.
    Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 25 July 2026
Noun
  • Front row from left are Tracie Revis, Kim Bednarek and Cyril Kormos.
    Drew Kann, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
  • Julio Rodríguez popped out on the first pitch before Canzone drilled a 2-0 splitter about 20 rows up.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
Noun
  • The extra copies, the flips, the rearrangements that today drift through prenatal reports are not noise.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Unable to orientate myself, the slightest drift induced vertigo, like when a plane banks with all the cabin windows closed.
    Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026

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“Bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bank. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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