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bank

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noun (2)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

bank

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verb

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Recent Examples of bank
Noun
Against that backdrop, the bank compiled a list of stocks with little exposure to election themes. Brian Evans, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024 The Fed’s Beige Book, a quarterly collection of survey responses from businesses compiled by the 12 regional Fed banks published Wednesday, highlighted a wide range of businesses that are suffering because of election uncertainty. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
Many musicians also bank on the fall season’s performance schedule to stay afloat through the winter, said Katie Cornell, executive director of ArtsAVL, Asheville’s arts council. Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024 Disney also banked a $70.7 million (£53.3 million) reimbursement from the UK government bringing its net spending on The Last Jedi down to $339.7 million. Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bank 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bank
Verb
  • That’s something Mamaw used to say to describe her or her family … hill people or hillbillies.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
  • This driveline has terrain response control with selectable driving and off road modes, low traction launch and hill decent control, and a dynamic air suspension system with automatic access height with adaptive dynamics.
    Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 7 July 2024
Verb
  • Once that is complete, make sure to deposit at least $5 into your account.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Divers then had another employee instruct some customers to deposit funds into these accounts.
    Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • When teams stop sharing and listening, problems pile up and become more challenging to untangle.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Though the shoot location in the front of the loft by the windows is miraculously untouched, metal beams, doorframes, and trash bags of construction debris are piled high next to the door.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Then the divers began to find porcelain, more than three hundred and fifty thousand pieces in all, many of them stacked in eerie columns, their wooden crates having rotted away.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The research — and history — are stacked against permanent daylight saving time, however.
    Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • In southern Mexico, tailings mounds up to 400 years old have become part of the landscape, says Rafael del Río Salas, a geochemist at the Institute of Geology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
    ByRoberto González, science.org, 25 July 2024
  • To get even longer stems, gradually mound soil around the stems or mulch them with straw during the growing season.
    Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024

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“Bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bank. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.

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