banked
Example Sentences
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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
It raised a toast to the crazy ones, told everyone to think different, sold billions of phones, banked trillions of dollars and filled our drawers with a gazillion white cables.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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 airplane banked, turned, and came toward her.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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