banked

verb

past tense of bank
1
as in piled
to form into a pile or ridge of earth banked sand into little mounds on the beach

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2
as in deposited
to put in an account she always banks half of her paycheck

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Recent Examples of banked Trump had banked with Capital One for more than a decade before the accounts were closed. — Ken Sweet, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 The wide specialized entry banked an opening frame of $596,324. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2026 Bauman has banked his own and says that not a week passes without a celebrity inquiry. — Ramona Saviss, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026 Nia Coffey banked in a three-pointer on the Lynx’s next possession for an 11-point lead. — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Nia Coffey banked in a 3-pointer on the Lynx’s next possession for an 11-point lead. — Daily News, 15 July 2026 Starting with Iron Man in 2008, Feige had produced more than three dozen of its films that have combined to gross north of $32 billion worldwide — 11 of which have banked $1 billion-plus on their own. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 14 July 2026 When your customers can't get banked anywhere else, the back-office cost becomes the moat. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 For longtime customer Nita Lynch, who has banked with FirstBank since 1975, the merger has meant spending hours updating routing numbers, retirement accounts and automatic payments. — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banked
  1. piled
  2. deposited
  3. stacked
  4. mounded
Verb
  • On one of their last nights in Paris, all the beginners' French students piled onto a boat that would sail them back and forth across the Seine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Scans, specialists, hospital visits, medications — the workups piled up, and so did the labels and the medical bills.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of piled
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  • During the period in which the GoFundMe proceeds were deposited into their accounts, their discretionary spending totaled $191,192, the filing said.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Better yet, the copper deposited on the electrode achieved a 96 percent purity rating relative to nickel.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of deposited
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  • There were some surprise snubs but with A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers, this roster is stacked.
    — Nancy Armour, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Video from inside the school shows students seeking shelter beneath tables in a classroom, tables overturned and stacked, and bullet shells on the floor.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of stacked
Verb
  • The uniform mounded shape and purple hues of the flower spikes, along with the contrasting silvery foliage, add attractive structure and framing along the edges of paved walkways.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 June 2026
  • Kent mounded up soil the couple bought from GreatSoil to create some elevation.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Definition of mounded

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