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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
Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
The lithium-ion battery in the power bank can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Hiatt, who had failed twice before to bring in funds for these farmers, tried again in 2019, this time banking their hopes on the emergency aid Congress had earmarked for the program.
—Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Mobs retaliated by torching buildings, looting banks and shops, and attacking politicians in their homes.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
The lithium-ion battery in the power bank can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
From there, the questions veered into the details of banking regulatory policy.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Hiatt, who had failed twice before to bring in funds for these farmers, tried again in 2019, this time banking their hopes on the emergency aid Congress had earmarked for the program.
—Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bank
Verb
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This process is called hilling and creates an area of loose soil where tubers easily form while being shaded from the sun.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Feb. 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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The team deposited the remarkable find at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Paleontology, where Tsogtbaatar is also affiliated.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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With the latest financing agreement, the team has devoted roughly $125 million to its half of the project, after the team’s for-profit ownership group deposited $25 million in escrow for construction in February, as required by the city lease.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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This works fine in development, but in production, latency and network overhead pile up fast.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Issues pile up The first several years in Sage Crossing were relatively peaceful, Daniels said.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
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In a low rectangular building in Kinshasa's main university, shelves are stacked with plastic tubs of palm weevils.—
Emmet Livingstone,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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The Starship, standing 403 feet tall when fully stacked, is regarded as the world's largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever developed.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Excavating wetlands, as various studies have suggested, would yield soil that could be mounded into sound-blocking berms, as at Brooklyn Bridge Park; lookouts, as on Governors Island; and undulating grasslands like those at Freshkills.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
9 Sep. 2025
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Pruning 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia naturally develops a low mounding crown that requires little pruning to maintain.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bank. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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