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

In 2023, which was extremely wet, the agency took in that abundant water and banked it underground.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Radar, ever the brilliant tactician, has banked an extra thirty minutes without telling us.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green