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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
When the driver went inside the bank, officers set up a perimeter around the parking lot to block the vehicle from leaving once the driver returned, the complaint said. Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025 Sheinbaum defended the banks' ties to Chinese clients as part of a legitimate trade relationship and warned the U.S. against treating Mexico as a subordinate. Amanda Castro hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Verb
However, the scale and precision of this latest spate sets a new standard — and serves as a warning to everyone who banks online. Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 18 June 2025 Yep, and the Sox can bank on him opting out at the end of the season. Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 16 June 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
  • For the best potato harvest, hill the potato plants again two to three weeks later.
    Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Bowden-Renna said some of the historic deposits found within SDG&E’s 4,100-square-mile service territory, including San Diego County, southern Orange County and a portion of Imperial Valley, were deposited by the Luiseno and Kumeyaay tribes.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • The bill would deposit $300 million in the state’s film incentive fund every two years for the next decade, adding up to $1.5 billion total.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • As the weeks progressed, fresh horrors from Washington piled up.
    David Mack, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025
  • And Just Like That is certainly piling onto their problems by throwing over 300 miles of separation, a troubled teen, and incompatible texting styles into the mix.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Sandwiched between the ocean and the Oregon Coast Range, U.S. Route 101 traces the state’s entire coastline, with wide beaches and jagged sea stacks on one side of the road and thickets of evergreen forest on the other.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 17 June 2025
  • Better yet, some of these finds are already on sale, and certain codes can be stacked on top of those discounts.
    Isabel Garcia, People.com, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • This dazzling audio-visual display is performed atop a low branch or mound in the forest, where females can get a clear view.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • They are tumbled together with protein-rich quinoa and then mounded over a bed of massaged kale.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 4 June 2025

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“Bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bank. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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