banked

verb

past tense of bank
1
as in piled
to form into a pile or ridge of earth banked sand into little mounds on the beach

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2
as in deposited
to put in an account she always banks half of her paycheck

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Recent Examples of banked 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 Trump had banked with Capital One for more than a decade before the accounts were closed. — Ken Sweet, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 The wide specialized entry banked an opening frame of $596,324. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banked
  1. piled
  2. deposited
  3. stacked
  4. mounded
Verb
  • Mike McDaniel’s implementation of his wide-zone offense hasn’t gone well, and the situation has worsened as injuries along the offensive line have piled up.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Vehicles were washed away and many ended up piled up at the bottom of hills.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of piled
Verb
  • Terrence split almost immediately, and Julianne deposited her small son on the Missouri farm of her Uncle Claude, a stoic, kindly old man.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Catcher Patrick Bailey hit a weak dribbler for an infield single to lead off the inning, and center fielder Petey Halpin deposited Jax’s pitch 385 feet over the right-center field wall for a two-run home run to give the Guardians a 3-2 lead.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of deposited
Verb
  • But this season the Western Conference is stacked with teams with credible championship ambitions, including the Thunder, the San Antonio Spurs, the Denver Nuggets, and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
    — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Some carts were stacked high with metal steamers, while others held vats of boiling water to blanch tender stalks of gai lan.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of stacked
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  • 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
Definition of mounded

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“Banked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banked. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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