banked
Example Sentences
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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
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
Failure to qualify is not expected to halt plans, with qualification said to be a bonus rather than something banked on.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 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
Downstairs in the kitchen the fire was banked, but when she knelt down on the hearth, the stones were still warm.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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