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as in deposited
to put in an account
she always banks half of her paycheck
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Recent Examples of banked
While all of the Isak fee will be banked in 2025-26 accounts, the money paid for Woltemade and Wissa is amortised equally over the duration of their respective contracts.
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Chris Waugh, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Once confiscated, the plants spend the rest of their lives at the botanical garden, where their seeds can be banked for future conservation projects.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
And Jennifer Maas, Variety‘s senior business writer, TV and video games, discusses the growth of Scopely, a mobile gaming company that has banked big bucks by betting on tie-ins with high-wattage Hollywood properties.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Getafe, meanwhile, could leapfrog its host with a shock win at the Camp Nou, having already banked two away wins from as many trips this term.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Just before hitting the ground, the plane banked right, according to camera footage from surrounding businesses.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025
The Patriots banked on their front four and a couple of turnovers late to save them.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Malhotra has banked his campaign on affordability issues in the city—and says electricity bills are a central part of that picture.
—Justin Worland, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
But that warning also implied Feel Free was no more habit-forming than caffeine, alcohol or sugar — a statement Adeoye, the woman from Texas, banked on.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Chris Waugh, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Once confiscated, the plants spend the rest of their lives at the botanical garden, where their seeds can be banked for future conservation projects.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
And Jennifer Maas, Variety‘s senior business writer, TV and video games, discusses the growth of Scopely, a mobile gaming company that has banked big bucks by betting on tie-ins with high-wattage Hollywood properties.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Getafe, meanwhile, could leapfrog its host with a shock win at the Camp Nou, having already banked two away wins from as many trips this term.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Just before hitting the ground, the plane banked right, according to camera footage from surrounding businesses.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025
The Patriots banked on their front four and a couple of turnovers late to save them.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Malhotra has banked his campaign on affordability issues in the city—and says electricity bills are a central part of that picture.
—Justin Worland, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
But that warning also implied Feel Free was no more habit-forming than caffeine, alcohol or sugar — a statement Adeoye, the woman from Texas, banked on.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banked
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The cumulative net losses to public biotech companies’ bottom lines piled up to more than $40 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported in 2004.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Brigitte Macron, Stella McCartney, David Beckham, Diego Della Valle, Remo Ruffini, a squad of top LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton executives and the extended Arnault family piled into Le Pavillon Ledoyen for the ceremony on Wednesday night during Paris Fashion Week.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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Herman had his clients’ settlement funds deposited into his trust account, as is standard, then never turned over the money to his clients.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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His most glaring mistake came in the bottom of the fifth, when Seiya Suzuki deposited a fastball that caught too much plate in the left-field bleachers.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The containers all come with lids, can be stacked, and are designed with side handles for easy portability.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Plus, the Amazon Prime Big Deal Days sale is underway this week, so the travel pants discounts are even more stacked than usual at Amazon.—
Anna Popp,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Excavating wetlands, as various studies have suggested, would yield soil that could be mounded into sound-blocking berms, as at Brooklyn Bridge Park; lookouts, as on Governors Island; and undulating grasslands like those at Freshkills.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Banked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banked. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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