banked

Example Sentences

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The lower level of the Winners Gallery has cars on pedestals that are banked 9 degrees, 12 minutes—the same as the four banked turns of the racetrack.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

For digital-media companies that banked on social-media buzz and venture-capital hype, the rise was rapid and the fall just as swift.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

On both occasions Scheffler banked multiple millions despite the frustration of finishing second on bogey-free weekends.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

California’s new regulations, to be enacted in April, are meant to end a legal interpretation that allowed card clubs to offer blackjack and other banked games where players play against the house.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The longma banked, and Anja called down, “Here! My palazzo. My great-grandfather built it. He was not a man who did things by halves.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell