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as in clusters
a number of things considered as a unit
a bank of telephones set up for the telethon
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as in deposits
to put in an account
she always banks half of her paycheck
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Recent Examples of banks
Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
There were times on this trip when all of them seemed to be crowding the banks at once.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Used by banks and other financial institutions to report dividends and other distributions to taxpayers and the IRS.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
In a clip of Pole to Pole with Will Smith, obtained by LiveScience, the 57-year-old actor could be seen on a boat going down a river in Ecuador with venom expert Bryan Fry, expedition leader Carla Perez and Indigenous Waorani guides when the group notices a gigantic anaconda on the banks.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Later in the week, Cramer expects strong results from Delta Air Lines, and sees banks as the early stars of earnings season.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
Even existing Texas regional banks like Texas Capital, Amegy Bank and Frost Bank maintain their offices outside downtown.
—Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
Now, 63-year-old Valentino Giovanni Luchin has become known for something else — being arrested for allegedly robbing banks without any of the finesse he’s known for in the kitchen.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
State television broadcast overnight images of burning buses, cars and motorbikes as well as fires at underground railway stations and banks.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2025
To them, bank lending has multiplicative qualities whereby Bank A rents $100,000 from a saver, lends out $90,000 to a borrower who then banks the money at Bank B, only for Bank B to lend out $81,000, only for the borrower to bank the $81,000 at Bank C that lends out $72,900.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
Limiting banks’ ability to charge rates commensurate with historic default levels would likely send shock-waves through the industry.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
There were times on this trip when all of them seemed to be crowding the banks at once.
—Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Used by banks and other financial institutions to report dividends and other distributions to taxpayers and the IRS.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
In a clip of Pole to Pole with Will Smith, obtained by LiveScience, the 57-year-old actor could be seen on a boat going down a river in Ecuador with venom expert Bryan Fry, expedition leader Carla Perez and Indigenous Waorani guides when the group notices a gigantic anaconda on the banks.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Later in the week, Cramer expects strong results from Delta Air Lines, and sees banks as the early stars of earnings season.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
Even existing Texas regional banks like Texas Capital, Amegy Bank and Frost Bank maintain their offices outside downtown.
—Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
Now, 63-year-old Valentino Giovanni Luchin has become known for something else — being arrested for allegedly robbing banks without any of the finesse he’s known for in the kitchen.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
State television broadcast overnight images of burning buses, cars and motorbikes as well as fires at underground railway stations and banks.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
The group banks its seventh champ total.
—Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2025
To them, bank lending has multiplicative qualities whereby Bank A rents $100,000 from a saver, lends out $90,000 to a borrower who then banks the money at Bank B, only for Bank B to lend out $81,000, only for the borrower to bank the $81,000 at Bank C that lends out $72,900.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banks
Verb
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Blackwood’s absence piles it on with several layers of awful.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
4 Jan. 2026
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Then Carol piles everything on her plate into a rough slice of avocado toast, mashing them together in an improvised layer.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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Application is seamless with its sponge-tip applicator that deposits its clean serum with ease.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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In the clip shot in a forest, the robot identifies litter, picks it up, and deposits it into a trash bin without any prior training—marking another step forward in real-world robotic autonomy.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Nov. 2025
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At the end of lunch, the entire crew scoops their leftover food into a compost bin, and then neatly stacks their containers on top of each others.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
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Instead of playing Tetris with all the food storage containers in your fridge and freezer, invest in a set that stacks nicely.—
Bridget Reed Morawski,
Architectural Digest,
7 Jan. 2026
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Cocoa powder often clumps in its container.—
Erin Merhar,
Southern Living,
11 Dec. 2025
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Young stars form within collapsing clouds of gas and dust, which flatten into broad protoplanetary disks where material gradually clumps into larger bodies.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Banks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banks. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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