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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
Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
But stablecoin advocates argue the campaign is less about protecting financial stability and more about protecting a $187 billion annual profit engine that banks derive from payment processing fees.
—Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Phone calls, emails, faxes, and even physical letters from banks and lenders flood into insurance offices daily.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
That's according to Wells Fargo, which said that their data showed banks tend to dip after a first Fed cut, but then rally an average of 21% from that point — provided certain conditions are met.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has publicly warned that CRE risks will weigh on banks’ balance sheets for years to come.
—Greg Friedman, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
The quality of racing at Bristol always follows, and there’s nothing like walking down the steep banks.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2025
The area along the banks of Calf Creek, near modern-day Snowball, was settled by Native Americans dating back to the Late Archaic Period.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
The recall covers power banks with model numbers A1647, A1652, A1257, A1681 and A1689 with serial numbers listed on the back or side of the device.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
But stablecoin advocates argue the campaign is less about protecting financial stability and more about protecting a $187 billion annual profit engine that banks derive from payment processing fees.
—Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Phone calls, emails, faxes, and even physical letters from banks and lenders flood into insurance offices daily.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
That's according to Wells Fargo, which said that their data showed banks tend to dip after a first Fed cut, but then rally an average of 21% from that point — provided certain conditions are met.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has publicly warned that CRE risks will weigh on banks’ balance sheets for years to come.
—Greg Friedman, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
The quality of racing at Bristol always follows, and there’s nothing like walking down the steep banks.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2025
The area along the banks of Calf Creek, near modern-day Snowball, was settled by Native Americans dating back to the Late Archaic Period.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 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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Think of it as one fund, and whatever money everyone deposits into this goes into the investment of the casino.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 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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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 22 Sep. 2025.
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