banked

past tense of bank

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of banked So, Doncic just tossed up the three-pointer from the three-point line on the Portland side of the court that banked in as time expired. — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026 Both Tesla and SpaceX have banked their future success on their AI efforts. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026 Big shot before the scrimmage A highlight of the evening came early when former KU wing Perry Ellis banked in a halfcourt shot to win $10,000 for KU student Addyson Devlin. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 The white Cessna banked right to reveal dense forests of Douglas fir, pines and quaking aspen in varying shades of green bathed in the early morning light. — Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026 The Wildcats thumped Colorado last Saturday in their final game at the makeshift facility, banked along Lake Michigan, that has served as the team’s temporary home for the last two years. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Shortly after leaving Boston, American Airlines Flight 11 to Los Angeles banked south near Albany and raced down the Hudson River Valley. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026 The temperature was in the teens, and the streets were banked with ice. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Harris actually banked in her first 3-pointer of the final quarter, a sign of things to come. — James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banked
Verb
  • Las Vegas piled up 236 yards and scored four touchdowns after halftime, wasting the Jets’ season-high offensive output.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • As the money piled up, the relationships between the company’s early team—including Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Jakub Pachocki, Mira Murati, and Dario and Daniela Amodei—began to fray.
    — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The second period saw fewer odd-man rushes but more methodical play from the visitors, who again deposited the only goal of the stanza.
    — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • By September 2026, government institutions had approximately $809 million deposited or invested at Ueno, according to Treasury figures cited by prosecutors.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Implementations can use thin silicon nanosheets or nanoribbons stacked vertically, with Intel’s RibbonFET providing one example.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • This summer, while going through masses of paper stacked all over George's duplex, Bob paused to read a Navy certificate.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The uniform mounded shape and purple hues of the flower spikes, along with the contrasting silvery foliage, add attractive structure and framing along the edges of paved walkways.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 June 2026
  • Kent mounded up soil the couple bought from GreatSoil to create some elevation.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026

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“Banked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banked. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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