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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
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
Microsoft worked with Barclays Bank to test how the AOC could optimize delivery-versus-payment securities transactions, a process used by clearinghouses to settle trades between banks.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
The company has been trying to work around that by offering student discounts, trade-ins on older devices, and by partnering with banks for credit card rebates, and the measures have boosted sales.
—Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Powell has stated that any changes to the Fed’s functions or its structure — such as its focus on promoting full employment or its ability to regulate banks — is ultimately up to Congress.
—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
Stallworth, an avian monitoring technician, and Patrick Carr, the field crew leader, parked their pickup not far from the field’s makeshift banks and reached for heavier equipment.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The voles were bred in captivity and then placed into pens to head to the river banks, the video shows.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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
Microsoft worked with Barclays Bank to test how the AOC could optimize delivery-versus-payment securities transactions, a process used by clearinghouses to settle trades between banks.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
The company has been trying to work around that by offering student discounts, trade-ins on older devices, and by partnering with banks for credit card rebates, and the measures have boosted sales.
—Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Powell has stated that any changes to the Fed’s functions or its structure — such as its focus on promoting full employment or its ability to regulate banks — is ultimately up to Congress.
—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
Stallworth, an avian monitoring technician, and Patrick Carr, the field crew leader, parked their pickup not far from the field’s makeshift banks and reached for heavier equipment.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The voles were bred in captivity and then placed into pens to head to the river banks, the video shows.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 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
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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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Arguably the most impressive feature of the flagship Roomba s9+ is its self-cleaning reservoir, which deposits its entire contents into the Clean Base automatically.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
13 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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