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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
Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
Find striking 50-foot red cliffs that ascend from the banks of Split Rock Creek.
—Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
All the banks summoned to the meeting are considered systemically important, meaning their viability is key for the global financial ecosystem, Bloomberg reported.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Syndicating the bridge commitments to a larger group of banks lessens the exposure of the deal’s three primary lenders Citibank, Bank of America and Apollo.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
This is a bot that, if unleashed, might be able to hack into banks, exfiltrate state secrets, and fry crucial infrastructure.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Elon Musk is reportedly forcing banks, auditors, and law firms working on the upcoming SpaceX IPO to subscribe to X’s controversial in-house chatbot Grok.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026
Given its massive size, SpaceX is in talks with at least 21 banks to sell the securities to investors, Reuters reported.
—The Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
After heavy rain, swollen streams can burst their banks, carrying mud and boulders down the mountainsides.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 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
With ceasefire in hand, the first quarter earnings season that kicks off next week, led by the nation’s largest banks, could be the catalyst to get stocks back on track to end the year higher.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
Find striking 50-foot red cliffs that ascend from the banks of Split Rock Creek.
—Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
All the banks summoned to the meeting are considered systemically important, meaning their viability is key for the global financial ecosystem, Bloomberg reported.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Syndicating the bridge commitments to a larger group of banks lessens the exposure of the deal’s three primary lenders Citibank, Bank of America and Apollo.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
This is a bot that, if unleashed, might be able to hack into banks, exfiltrate state secrets, and fry crucial infrastructure.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Elon Musk is reportedly forcing banks, auditors, and law firms working on the upcoming SpaceX IPO to subscribe to X’s controversial in-house chatbot Grok.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026
Given its massive size, SpaceX is in talks with at least 21 banks to sell the securities to investors, Reuters reported.
—The Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
After heavy rain, swollen streams can burst their banks, carrying mud and boulders down the mountainsides.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 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
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The result piles more pressure on Starmer, the least popular prime minister since records began, according to some polls.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
27 Feb. 2026
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But when snow piles up in powdery white masses, Arizonans can't resist the opportunity to play in it.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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In less than 10 minutes, a wooden bridge deposits us on the doorstep of a cinematic landscape that unfurls into a seemingly endless patchwork of rolling hills and glens in hues of umber, cinnamon, and ochre, flanked by mountains standing sentinel on either side.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
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Commuter trains run from Washington’s Union Station to Baltimore’s Camden Station, which deposits fans right outside Oriole Park at Camden Yards.—
Fritz Hahn,
Washington Post,
3 Apr. 2026
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The potato stacks pair beautifully with roast beef, steak, chicken, or sautéed fish.—
Victoria Spencer,
Martha Stewart,
3 Apr. 2026
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To solve the couple's particular design puzzle, the studio came up with Light House, a vertical home that places each of the family’s major activities in its own dedicated box and playfully stacks them on top of one another.—
Stefan Ionescu
March 30,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
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Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.—
Allison DeAngelis,
STAT,
18 Feb. 2026
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However, sometimes the abnormal IgA (the antibody that clumps up and causes problems) does run in families.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Banks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banks. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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