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as in piling
to form into a pile or ridge of earth
banked sand into little mounds on the beach
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as in depositing
to put in an account
she always banks half of her paycheck
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Recent Examples of banking
Most patients go through two cycles, and over 20% complete three, because banking enough eggs for a realistic chance at pregnancy requires more than a single retrieval for most women.
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Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
Freezing 20 or more eggs pushed success rates near 82%, while banking fewer than 10 dropped them below 60%.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Weissman said use of the data center could include a Netflix customer reaching out to the data center and picking a movie sent to their TV, or even banking usage.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Tech giant Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company and the poster child of the AI boom, is banking its future on the rise of AI agents.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
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Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
Freezing 20 or more eggs pushed success rates near 82%, while banking fewer than 10 dropped them below 60%.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Weissman said use of the data center could include a Netflix customer reaching out to the data center and picking a movie sent to their TV, or even banking usage.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Tech giant Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company and the poster child of the AI boom, is banking its future on the rise of AI agents.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
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When Sarah’s eyes moved from the map to the paper piling up in my writing nook marked with the chicken scratchings of a madman, her eyebrows arched to the highest point eyebrows can arch.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Martin acknowledged piling bison carcasses in a gulley for erosion control.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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The bridge demonstrates a new, lighter approach to low-carbon infrastructure, cutting waste and CO₂ by depositing concrete only where needed.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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The Human Genome Project, guided by the 1997 Bermuda Principles, had committed to depositing all of its genomic data into a free, publicly accessible database within 24 hours of generation.—
Zachary Utz,
STAT,
15 May 2026
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Layering security means stacking controls so no single failure leads to a breach.—
Andy White,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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During a recent experience, the eight mini games ranged from trivia to stacking foam blocks and from Nerf dart shooting to spinning a giant wheel for points.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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“Banking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banking. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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