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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
a bank of telephones set up for the telethon
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Recent Examples of bank
Karen Gilchrist,sophie Kiderlin,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
The town is extremely small, with no school, bank, or post office, and just one pub and shop.
—Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2025
Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
To help support the project, Viña Montes is banking on the popularity of its oysters and sparkling wine tasting.
—Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2024
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Retail and bank stocks led declines, down around 1% and 0.8%, respectively.
—Karen Gilchrist,sophie Kiderlin,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
The town is extremely small, with no school, bank, or post office, and just one pub and shop.
—Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
For years, officials in Jerusalem had banked on a relatively predictable balance of power with the neighboring regime of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
To help support the project, Viña Montes is banking on the popularity of its oysters and sparkling wine tasting.
—Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2024
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As the South Bay breeze swept into the stadium, hundreds of fans who were denied entry because of a sellout set up camp on the white stone wall and hill in between the stadium and Via Pacheco road.Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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That’s something Mamaw used to say to describe her or her family … hill people or hillbillies.Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
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During a one-year period, the casino deposited $763,196 into its bank accounts, according to an affidavit filed by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2025
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Jamel Williams and Levar Baker changed the names of the payees listed on the checks and deposited them at banks located in central Florida between March 2023 and August 2023, according to prosecutors.Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
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Almost 10 feet of sand and dirt had piled up on the shipwreck.Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
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Bleak new superlatives about the cost of living are piling up: About half of city households are struggling to pay for basic necessities, New York has the lowest apartment vacancy rate in a half-century, and about 146,000 homeless children are enrolled in local schools.Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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However, Google now appears to be expanding the feature by allowing users to select and stack photos manually.Paul Monckton, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The odds were stacked against Britain until a group of renegade, maverick soldiers (the SAS Rogue Heroes) decided to fight against a more powerful enemy in a new way.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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One approach is to bury the pots underground, and mound soil or mulch over top to cover the graft union.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
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If containers are too large to move indoors or to a sheltered location, mound mulch around the pot and wrap it in a heavy blanket or burlap.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bank. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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