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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
Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026
Given its massive size, SpaceX is in talks with at least 21 banks to sell the securities to investors, Reuters reported.
—The Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
More rain has been forecast for the coming days throughout Afghanistan, and the authority warned the public to stay away from river banks and other areas prone to flooding.
—Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
After heavy rain, swollen streams can burst their banks, carrying mud and boulders down the mountainsides.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
One of my favorite ways to wear it is with a wrap-style maxi skirt and fisherman sandals for a look that feels just at home on the banks of the Seine as well as the markets in the South of France.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
The attacks bring into sharp relief how some of the key selling points of crypto — decentralization from banks, the ease of transferring large sums, irreversible transactions — also double as its vulnerabilities.
—Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
New York — Until recently, Blue Owl Capital’s name was synonymous on Wall Street with the booming business of private credit, a lightly regulated area of finance in which non-banks lend money to risky companies.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
This April, 6-month CDs come with some of the highest interest rates available, with multiple banks offering rates over 4%.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2025
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
Noun
Musk also requested that the banks advertise on X, though this request was reportedly less of an emphasis.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2026
Given its massive size, SpaceX is in talks with at least 21 banks to sell the securities to investors, Reuters reported.
—The Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
More rain has been forecast for the coming days throughout Afghanistan, and the authority warned the public to stay away from river banks and other areas prone to flooding.
—Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
After heavy rain, swollen streams can burst their banks, carrying mud and boulders down the mountainsides.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
One of my favorite ways to wear it is with a wrap-style maxi skirt and fisherman sandals for a look that feels just at home on the banks of the Seine as well as the markets in the South of France.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
The attacks bring into sharp relief how some of the key selling points of crypto — decentralization from banks, the ease of transferring large sums, irreversible transactions — also double as its vulnerabilities.
—Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
New York — Until recently, Blue Owl Capital’s name was synonymous on Wall Street with the booming business of private credit, a lightly regulated area of finance in which non-banks lend money to risky companies.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
This April, 6-month CDs come with some of the highest interest rates available, with multiple banks offering rates over 4%.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
The group banks its seventh champ total.
—Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2025
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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The result piles more pressure on Starmer, the least popular prime minister since records began, according to some polls.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
27 Feb. 2026
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But when snow piles up in powdery white masses, Arizonans can't resist the opportunity to play in it.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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Commuter trains run from Washington’s Union Station to Baltimore’s Camden Station, which deposits fans right outside Oriole Park at Camden Yards.—
Fritz Hahn,
Washington Post,
3 Apr. 2026
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Even a protein treatment applied to your natural hair deposits an almost imperceptible film atop the strands, rendering the texture distinctly different, thicker, and drier.—
Noel Cymone Walker,
StyleCaster,
1 Apr. 2026
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To solve the couple's particular design puzzle, the studio came up with Light House, a vertical home that places each of the family’s major activities in its own dedicated box and playfully stacks them on top of one another.—
Stefan Ionescu
March 30,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
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For those craving excess, the legendary Quadzilla stacks four third-pound patties with American cheese and full toppings.—
Susan Stapleton,
Des Moines Register,
25 Mar. 2026
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Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.—
Allison DeAngelis,
STAT,
18 Feb. 2026
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However, sometimes the abnormal IgA (the antibody that clumps up and causes problems) does run in families.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Banks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banks. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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