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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
Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
Fortunately, many online banks offer this protection, just like traditional banks.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Liam Reilly, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
The big picture: The Ignite's arrival comes as investors bank on pro volleyball becoming the next big thing in women's sports, and Indianapolis furthers its goal of becoming the women's sports capital of the world by 2050.
—Justin L. MacK, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
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Noun
In the summer, the Buttes-Chaumont Park is as popular a picnic destination as Paris Plages along the banks of the Seine.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
Fortunately, many online banks offer this protection, just like traditional banks.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
Harnessing Maddow’s star power five nights a week may not prove to be a panacea for all of the network’s challenges as audiences continue to cut the cable cord, executives are banking on it to help buoy the progressive network’s viewership.
—Liam Reilly, CNN, 13 Jan. 2025
The big picture: The Ignite's arrival comes as investors bank on pro volleyball becoming the next big thing in women's sports, and Indianapolis furthers its goal of becoming the women's sports capital of the world by 2050.
—Justin L. MacK, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
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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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Popular on Variety The easy way to make a social-justice drama about a man who has been incarcerated and is trying to go straight is to demonstrate that the system is stacked against him.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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The odds are firmly stacked against either one of them winning a fifth this season.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes,
24 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 28 Jan. 2025.
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