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Recent Examples of bankable
Suddenly, Scorsese’s more expensive projects were bankable.
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025
There are set pieces of a scale previously unheard of for the director — explosions, car chases, bank robberies — as well as his most bankable star yet in Leonardo DiCaprio.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Getty Images What To Know After becoming one of the most bankable actors of the 1970s, the All the President's Men star bought land in Utah and established the Sundance Institute in the early 1980s, pouring millions into nurturing independent filmmakers.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The line between what is insurable and what is not will increasingly define which assets, companies, and economies remain bankable in the years ahead.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025
There are set pieces of a scale previously unheard of for the director — explosions, car chases, bank robberies — as well as his most bankable star yet in Leonardo DiCaprio.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
Getty Images What To Know After becoming one of the most bankable actors of the 1970s, the All the President's Men star bought land in Utah and established the Sundance Institute in the early 1980s, pouring millions into nurturing independent filmmakers.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The line between what is insurable and what is not will increasingly define which assets, companies, and economies remain bankable in the years ahead.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankable
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The Yahoo Boys promises to be an in-depth work of narrative nonfiction that explores the material conditions that make these scams profitable, and the lives of four such scammers in Lagos, Nigeria.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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But the Fed seems to view its job as ensuring that banks are profitable, even if that comes at the expense of people living in precarity.—
Aaron Klein,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2026
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While the $52M mark is a 4% drop from the previous week, and about 7% down from the same time – Week 32 – last year, those slips reflect the always-lucrative Christmas week highs (Christmas fell within Week 32 last season).—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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But she was fired from her lucrative job in New York, and is forced to move back in with her mother, who lives in Utah in a house that Bea pays for.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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This is in large part because 401(k)-type plans became more common and, according to the paper, displaced more liquid and less remunerative forms of saving such as checking accounts.—
Allison Schrager,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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This mundane enterprise turned out to be reasonably remunerative.—
Seth Harp,
Rolling Stone,
28 July 2025
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China remains Japan’s largest trading partner, and Takaichi inherited a country facing mounting economic woes.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
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By 2022, however, Sri Lanka faced economic collapse.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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But Under Strain The Total and Permanent Disability discharge program, which offers debt relief to student loan borrowers who are unable to engage in substantial, gainful employment due to a medical impairment, is still available.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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At her age, being prickly was neither enchanting nor gainful.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
15 June 2025
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Toronto’s defenders continue to allow juicy shots from the slot game after game.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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Customers will still be able to preload $35 for unlimited seven-day travel onto an OMNY card — riding free after paying for 12 trips in any seven-day period — though pre-paying is not required for the unlimited rides.—
Lincoln Anderson,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2026
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Under Niccol, Starbucks has brought back its tradition of baristas doodling on cups in Sharpie pens; reinstated self-serve milk and sugar stations; cut 30% of the food and drink menu; ended its open-bathroom policy for non-paying customers; and laid off 1,100 corporate employees in February.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Bankable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankable. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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