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
  • Trucks have piled up at borders as Iran's trade shifts to overland.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Trucks have piled up at borders as Iran’s trade shifts to overland.
    — Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of piled
Verb
  • City officials said a portion of the revenue generated by citations goes to the company that operates the cameras, while the remainder is deposited into the city's general fund.
    — Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The arrivals hall at Ben Gurion Airport has felt like a campaign rally in recent days as flight after flight has deposited expat Israelis who have come back to vote.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of deposited
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  • There was a basket with lemons, each one tied with red curling ribbon, fish spices stacked, the register with all the keys covered by a silicone hood, and a pile of newspapers next to a pile of wrapping sheets.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Many people were feared trapped as a tall building collapsed Friday in Kenya’s capital, leaving a huge mound of concrete and more than a dozen floors stacked like pancakes, with little space between them.
    — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of stacked
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
Definition of mounded

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“Banked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banked. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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