banked
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“The only real input I’m going to have is … understanding their process … and then if there are some financial decisions that are being banked into who we pick and why.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
GameStop said first-quarter sales were up 14% year over year to $835.3 million, gains the company attributed to collectibles — an area the chain has banked on for more growth.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
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
Brookfield’s infrastructure group banked $3.4 billion in the just-ended quarter, including $800 million for an infrastructure-focused vehicle tailored to wealthy individual investors that now has more than $8 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
They were miles wide, apparently not breakers or the banked ridges of shallow water.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
