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bankable

[bang-kuh-buhl] / ˈbæŋ kə bəl /


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I’m bored of studios and indie financiers forcing filmmakers to stick to so-called bankable names.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Stalin is being challenged by C. Joseph Vijay, 51, one of India's most bankable actors, especially in Tamil regions.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

Robert Redford became a bankable leading man in 1969, when “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” about a pair of outlaws on the lam, turned him into a paragon of the movie star.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

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

The same cupidity has given rise to two new terms in the miners' glossary,—trade dust and bankable dust.

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




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