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as in piling
to form into a pile or ridge of earth
banked sand into little mounds on the beach
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as in depositing
to put in an account
she always banks half of her paycheck
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Recent Examples of banking
Schroder was banking on bigger offers on the free agent market, but the decision ultimately cost him millions of dollars.
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Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 11 Jan. 2026
Researchers are also banking DNA, creating a kind of reef edition of Noah’s Ark.
—Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Alo is banking on that interest.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Jan. 2026
This leaves a multitrillion-dollar gap between the revenue the President is banking on and the price tag of his military ambitions.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
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Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 11 Jan. 2026
Researchers are also banking DNA, creating a kind of reef edition of Noah’s Ark.
—Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Alo is banking on that interest.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Jan. 2026
This leaves a multitrillion-dollar gap between the revenue the President is banking on and the price tag of his military ambitions.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banking
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Is piling up the other side’s body bags the best way forward?—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Amazon confirmed on Wednesday 16,000 corporate job cuts, piling onto an additional 14,000 layoffs in October 2025, though the company previously said the reductions were not about AI.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
1 Feb. 2026
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Billions of years of pressure, folding, and depositing created a region rich with minerals just close enough to the surface to mine.—
Lauren Steele,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2026
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An affidavit says a former employee accused her of depositing the same paychecks multiple times.—
Karen Morfitt,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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From fudgy squares that melt in your mouth to cake-like slices perfect for stacking on a platter, and even cookie-style mash-ups, these brownie recipes cover the spectrum.—
Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Feb. 2026
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However, stacking many layers increases the electrical contact resistance at their interfaces, which leads to energy losses and limits overall efficiency, as per the release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Banking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banking. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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