banked

past tense of bank

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Recent Examples of banked Bauman has banked his own and says that not a week passes without a celebrity inquiry. Ramona Saviss, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026 Nia Coffey banked in a three-pointer on the Lynx’s next possession for an 11-point lead. Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 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 When your customers can't get banked anywhere else, the back-office cost becomes the moat. Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 For longtime customer Nita Lynch, who has banked with FirstBank since 1975, the merger has meant spending hours updating routing numbers, retirement accounts and automatic payments. Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 24 June 2026 Pitman allowed advertising and ultimately banked a quarter of a million dollars, supplementing his repo income. Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 The missile flew northeast and then banked and began flying in loops for hours over the barren, frozen landscape. Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banked
Verb
  • The Republican advantage this year is much larger — $125 million piled up against Democrats, who have as much debt as money.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
  • South Korean retail investors who piled into leveraged bets on the country’s AI champions are nursing steep losses, exposing the risks of the speculative trading boom that helped fuel one of the world’s hottest equity markets.
    Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • SANParks identifies basal rock formations beneath the mountain that are approximately 560 million to 540 million years old, while the Table Mountain Group sandstone was deposited roughly 500 million to 440 million years ago.
    Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Isopropyl myristate, while volatile, is rather stable once deposited on a surface.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Soft white cushions, natural light pouring in, books stacked on every surface.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • Menelaus describes how the men, stacked on top of each other amid stiflingly hot conditions, also had to urinate and defecate on one another.
    David Mack, CNN Money, 18 July 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 24 Jul. 2026.

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