bankable

Example Sentences

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For decades, it was one of the most bankable brands in food.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

And that final fight is now - Saturday night - in Washington DC, bringing the curtain down on an illustrious career that has seen the American become one of wrestling's biggest and most bankable stars.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

So the creative team instead relied on other selling points — namely, a hit filmmaker and a bankable star.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Concurrently, movies focused on white stories to avoid anti-miscegenation laws, not to mention white performers were seen as more bankable, especially to white audiences.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2024

Many merchants even keep a saucer of black sand in readiness to dilute their bankable gold to the utmost thinness it will bear.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various