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Definition of banksnext
plural of bank

banks

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noun (2)

plural of bank
as in mounds
a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow) a bank of dirt that the construction workers left behind

Synonyms & Similar Words

banks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bank

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of banks
Noun
At the same time, the early development of tokenized markets is creating new technology needs for the banks, brokers and other institutions the company already serves. — Isabella Gao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026 In this week's installment of Far-Flung Postcards, NPR's Jane Arraf sends greetings from the former home of English mystery novelist Agatha Christie, located on the banks of the Tigris River in Baghdad. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026 The trend has incentivized continental banks to double down on East Africa and strengthen links with the Gulf. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026 The technology has the potential to help design and test drugs, optimize airline and logistics routes, or sharpen financial risk modeling for banks. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026 In an extreme case, the government could skip bond sales and simply force banks to lend — a risky step that might undermine the stability of the banks and the entire financial system. — David McHugh, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Last month, citing anonymous sources, Reuters reported that Solidigm was holding pitch meetings with investment banks for an IPO that could value the company at up to $150 billion. — Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Vote banks had thus turned into vehicles of collective political assertion. — Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026 His campaign directs voters to resources like wood banks and programs for overdue bills. — Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
Four minute into the game, Pop Isaacs banks a 3-pointer to put the Aggies ahead 8-4. — Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026 Investment banks Arctic Securities and ABG Sundal Collier have also opened new offices. — Jeremy Savory, Forbes.com, 18 Feb. 2026 The group banks its seventh champ total. — Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banks
Noun
  • Industrial parks, logistics hubs, and technology clusters are springing up.
    — Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said earlier this month that two supercomputing clusters powered by Nvidia technologies had already been launched in the country.
    — Jenny Lee,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The design riffs on botonaduras, the rows of decorative sterling silver buttons that often adorn charro trousers and skirts at Mexican rodeos.
    — Zoey Goto, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The 12 women who shared their stories on Tuesday morning, seated with family, friends and other survivors, took up five rows.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Israel regularly imposes restrictions on movement across the Palestinian occupied territory with some 925 checkpoints, roadblocks, earth mounds and other barriers.
    — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But despite this, they were still conceived of as being located within the mounds themselves, real-world anchors for these strange, marvelous realms.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • My father piles French toast and syrup onto a plate and my mother pours a glass of milk.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Big swine farms produce huge amounts of solid waste, which piles up in lagoons until a flood can wash them into rivers.
    — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • How cosmetic tattoos create faux freckles According to Allure’s guide to permanent makeup, an artist deposits pigment into the skin with a needle, placing individual dots across the cheeks and nose.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
  • There’s no shortage of hotels to choose from, but guests of the Table Bay have prime access, thanks to an elevator in the lobby that deposits them right by Woolworth’s.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Waiting for the last batches of mail-in ballots Many mail-in votes won’t arrive until days after Election Day.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Carpenter and King have preferred to keep their batches small and their marketing limited to word of mouth, but that word is spreading, especially across their ravenous genre-loving fan base.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But if the other two deals look more enticing, don't worry—this deal stacks with both the Simplicity Plan and myPlan promotions above.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Now it’s bested itself, unveiling a sub-1 nm chip that roughly doubles that density using NanoStack technology, which stacks transistors vertically, building up rather than out.
    — Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, airborne early-warning aircraft often use large radar arrays mounted above the fuselage to provide surveillance over a broad area.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The millimeter-wide arrangements of around 10,000 nerves and supporting cells sat on microelectrode arrays that let researchers stimulate the tissue and record its activity.
    — Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Banks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banks. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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