banked

Example Sentences

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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

Starbucks has banked on higher service standards and warmer coffeehouse vibes as part of its effort to recharge sales.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 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

About half of Andreessen’s startups banked at SVB, the New York Times reported, but that was no matter.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

None of the kilns had been fired up yet, and most of the forge fires were still banked and sullen.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss