bankable

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Recent Examples of bankable Of course, in my day, the actors that wanted to share with us were giant bankable movie stars, not Luke McGluke or Sadie Glutz, and whoever some of these people are today. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026 Two thirds of family offices now have their bankable assets in at least three jurisdictions, according to the UBS survey. Robert Frank, CNBC, 28 May 2026 The numbers were eye-popping, and, as always, more aspirational than bankable. Daniel Benaim, Time, 18 May 2026 Four years ago, while still a bankable name in commercial studio franchises, Woody Harrelson swanned effortlessly into the international arthouse, playing the Marxist captain of a doomed cruise liner in Swedish auteur Ruben Östlund’s second Palme d’Or winner Triangle of Sadness. Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bankable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankable
Adjective
  • Claude has been gross margin positive since the day Anthropic began selling it, profitable on the first dollar of customer spend rather than the thousandth.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • And as the 2023 dual writers’ and actors’ strikes thinned out theatrical lineups, that aversion to uncertainty became a push for reliable and profitable hits.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • Cloud infrastructure has proven to be highly lucrative for hyperscaler peers Amazon, Microsoft and Google, and Zuckerberg has hinted of late that Meta could be headed in that direction.
    Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • That might mean gutting labor or safety standards that would delay the technology’s rollout, ignoring anticompetitive acts, or providing favors in the form of cheap loans or lucrative government contracts.
    Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Adjective
  • This is in large part because 401(k)-type plans became more common and, according to the paper, displaced more liquid and less remunerative forms of saving such as checking accounts.
    Allison Schrager, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • These hothouses draw an inexhaustible supply of idealistic pilgrims who’ve chosen to forego more stable and remunerative career paths in pursuit of the high-wire act that is a meaningful creative life.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
  • Chism took the role of economic development director in 2024 after the role was vacant for two years.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • Was came from a working-class industrial city, making music reflective of Detroit’s technological upheaval and economic neglect.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Adjective
  • Those humans who currently get degrees in philosophy tend to find gainful employment not because organizations need philosophers, but because companies want people who have strong writing skills, can do analyses, think in abstractions, and have heightened communication skills.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • But in a bleak youth job market, there’s a growing recognition that crossing the graduation stage is not always enough to put young people on a path to gainful employment.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • An adventure with worms, good fat juicy old-time earthworms, moist and sexy and leaving their mucus on you.
    Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • And last but not least, this fun and juicy rom-com is another delightful offering from Lily Chu — an audio darling whose Audible editions are narrated by Hamilton alum Philippa Soo.
    Nissa Renzo, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • The feature arrives weeks after Google started reducing the default storage for non-paying accounts from 15GB to just 5GB in some regions.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
  • All roles are open and non-paying.
    Staff Report, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026

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“Bankable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankable. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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