bank on

Example Sentences

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Investors should bank on more volatile trading in space-related stocks ahead of SpaceX’s IPO, which is expected to price this week.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Limited demand pressures and Middle East uncertainties should keep the central bank on hold in the near term, it added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Bex Whittle, from Redmarley, has used the baby bank on and off for 16 months.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

But that summertime snow bank on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada is disappearing early, and fast — dropping to 38% of average for mid-March statewide.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

“Yes, but the difference of size isn’t large enough to bank on, not with a margin of error potentially this wide. Now, if you were fifty pounds heavier, maybe...”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt