banked
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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
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
With only 11% of Wales' 15,000 species banked, these two conservationists are racing to collect all of the country's species.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 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
She set up her tent beside the barrel, banked the snow around the bottom to seal out the wind, and spread her ground cloth under it.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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