banked

past tense of bank

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of banked When your customers can't get banked anywhere else, the back-office cost becomes the moat. Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The plane banked to the left after takeoff and crashed less than a minute later near houses, according to the flight tracking service Flightradar24. Antonin Utz, Los Angeles Times, 28 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 The FPCs have to file financial statements which shine a spotlight on everything from the headcount and social security payments of the staff to the amount of reimbursement banked by the studio and the total cost of the production. Christian Sylt, Fortune, 17 June 2026 Astier banked in a halfcourt shot just before the halftime buzzer to give New York a 51-44 lead. ABC News, 11 June 2026 Throughout his career as an Italian Air Force Pilot, Parmitano has banked over 2,000 hours flying time across over 40 types of aircraft. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banked
Verb
  • Mobile light towers were stationed outside alongside waste management trucks, and large stacks of sandbags were piled up.
    Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • May added 172,000 jobs, with the gains piled into leisure and hospitality, state and local government, and health care, while financial activities slipped and information work kept bleeding year over year.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • The first batter Barnes faced, Jonah Heim, deposited a 444-foot home run on the roof of the Dodgers’ clubhouse beyond the center-field fence.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • He’s transported to a realm of Tolkienesque fantasy, deposited somewhere between the Stony Waste and the Frozen Sea.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • The house rises three stories through the oaks with valley views staged from nearly every level and balconies and decks stacked like outlooks on a trail.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2026
  • However, the path on the other side of the bracket is stacked with traditional powers.
    Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 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 3 Jul. 2026.

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