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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
Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Shares of Affirm have surged more than 40% so far this year, putting the value of the company around $28 billion, helped by a belief among investors that buy-now-pay-later companies may take away market share from traditional banks and credit cards.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Building the port with funding offered by the government or procured from banks might be more lucrative than running it.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Most enterprises manage relationships with multiple banks, payment processors and financial service providers—each operating within isolated ecosystems.
—Dave Glaser, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The Transportation Security Administration and Federal Aviation Administration have been flagging devices like portable power banks, laptops and cell phones for a while, urging travelers to carry them on board instead of checking them with their bags.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
In 1943, when the Mississippi tore away from its banks and charted a fierce and muddy course across America’s central farmlands, Gerard’s grandfather, Harold Gerard, had already fled the waters once.
—Julia Rendleman, ProPublica, 5 Sep. 2025
Washington — The Federal Reserve must be relieved of its duties regulating the nation’s banks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote in an essay published Friday.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Still, as other big banks retreat, Bank of America is leaning in.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025
John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
Some South Carolina banks stock the bills during football season, but in most places, fans place special orders at their local branches.
—Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Shares of Affirm have surged more than 40% so far this year, putting the value of the company around $28 billion, helped by a belief among investors that buy-now-pay-later companies may take away market share from traditional banks and credit cards.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Building the port with funding offered by the government or procured from banks might be more lucrative than running it.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Most enterprises manage relationships with multiple banks, payment processors and financial service providers—each operating within isolated ecosystems.
—Dave Glaser, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The Transportation Security Administration and Federal Aviation Administration have been flagging devices like portable power banks, laptops and cell phones for a while, urging travelers to carry them on board instead of checking them with their bags.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
In 1943, when the Mississippi tore away from its banks and charted a fierce and muddy course across America’s central farmlands, Gerard’s grandfather, Harold Gerard, had already fled the waters once.
—Julia Rendleman, ProPublica, 5 Sep. 2025
Washington — The Federal Reserve must be relieved of its duties regulating the nation’s banks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote in an essay published Friday.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Still, as other big banks retreat, Bank of America is leaning in.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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That’s where the paperwork piles up, court fees skyrocket, and grieving families are forced into bureaucratic limbo for months — sometimes years.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Think of it as one fund, and whatever money everyone deposits into this goes into the investment of the casino.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 2025
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The new method deposits ultra-thin tin oxide (SnO₂) ETLs at low temperatures, which prevents damage to the perovskite.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Aug. 2025
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Behind its all-glass façade, the home stacks four bedrooms and five baths around an elevator core.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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In the conflict between Hobbes and Rousseau, between visions of primordial humankind as inherently brutal or inherently peaceful, Tsangari stacks the dramatic deck in favor of benign and placid human nature.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
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The alum then clumps the smaller, suspended fats together for easy removal.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Banks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banks. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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