Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embank
Verb
-
Lev noted that, in the 1960s, conglomerated companies were trending in strategy circles because of economies of scale and the risk mitigation of being in multiple industries, where if one area is struggling due to external factors, the company's risk is spread out across a few different sectors.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025 -
Nvidia’s value chain extends to South Korea, namely, memory chip maker SK Hynix and conglomerate Samsung Electronics.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2024
Verb
-
The defender never accumulated more than five sacks in a season at Georgia and often struggled to get around quality offensive tackles.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
-
For example, an American house accumulates an average of 300,000 objects, with more money spent each year on shoes, jewelry and clothes than on higher education.—
Ana Morales,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
Sheila and Tyler Donovan’s deaths were the second and third homicides reported in Lenexa in 2024, according to data collected by The Star.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2025
-
With that kind of money on the line, most tour pros would at least attempt to show up and collect a share of the paycheck — Scottie Scheffler did after winning his second Masters in 2024, won the tournament and took home another $3.6 million for his troubles.—
Hugh Kellenberger,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
The climbing community—and our editorial staff—still felt that none of these disciplines ought to be grouped together.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
13 Apr. 2025
-
Perhaps most useful for sticky note aficionados is the app’s ability to quickly group sticky notes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
Just a few years after her 2021 graduation, Montgomery has upward of 200 clients who pay $10,000 for Montgomery’s team to fully design and assemble their dorms on move-in day.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
9 Apr. 2025
-
One count of the phonetic literature found that 40.5 percent of studies had assembled only male speakers, with the vast majority of the rest using more male than female or an even number of male and female participants.—
Sarah A. Bell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
Jim also argued that investors can’t lump all retailers together in terms of how tariffs will impact them because their business models, supply chains and customer bases differ.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2025
-
The cultural and political impact for Americans U.S. allies like Europe are lumped together in the new tariffs with economic adversaries like China.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
Two Saturdays ago, citizens and immigrants across the country gathered and marched — including tens of thousands in downtown Chicago and the suburbs.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
-
There is also a section for anonymous surveys … that gather a variety of opinions from scouts after each position evaluation to help the group better understand its consensus or disagreements.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
The Pegula family amassed a fortune in the fracking business and is perhaps most known as the principal owners of the Buffalo Bills and the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres (along with tennis success).—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
-
Mid- to late-career professionals amass knowledge from an array of life events.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Embank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embank. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share