banking on
Example Sentences
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Instead, they are banking on rising corporate earnings, bond yields that don’t spike higher and an economy that keeps growing, even if an inflation bump threatens.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
For now, most German states have lifted the Sunday trucking ban -- banking on a mode of transport with a far heavier carbon footprint than river boats.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Were the Dallas Mavericks banking on lob threat Derrick Jones Jr. — on a minimum contract — being a catalyst for their run to the 2024 NBA Finals?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
And that could mean investors and creditors that are banking on the survival of these contracts will be in for a nasty surprise if the AI boom fades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Lyra had planned to leave the way she’d come, banking on another few minutes before the Steward’s bell rang.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
