bankable

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Recent Examples of bankable If the argument is disabled talent isn’t bankable, the inclusion of a talented actor or director can cushion having an unknown in the feature. Kristen Lopez, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025 West, 47, was once among the most respected and bankable artists in the music and fashion industries, working with other top artists and global brands including Adidas. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2025 Coogler represents Warner’s investment in young, bankable directors whose films the studio hopes will broaden its appeal. Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 All signs point to trajectories like Max's becoming not just normalized, but bankable, and art clearly matters less than cash in that equation. Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bankable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankable
Adjective
  • Short of expectations Brightline has not been a profitable railroad.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
  • Also, these advanced manufacturers with expensive machinery are often big, profitable companies.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • Tesla instead found an unusually lucrative way to make money by flipping many of the off-lease cars to new buyers, according to four people familiar with Tesla's retail operations.
    Chris Kirkham, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • This period has turned out to be a very lucrative one for the singer-songwriter, as interest in her catalog is apparently up significantly from just a few days ago.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • The job was not remunerative and there was no job security.
    Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Over the next few years Trump will have major influence over antitrust policy, the development and use of artificial intelligence and the growth and prevalence of cryptocurrency, to name just some of the issues of vital and remunerative interest to the tech industry.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Lee sees boosting opportunities for the next generation as one answer, solemnly noting that South Korea’s economic growth rate drops by roughly one percent per presidential term, meaning last year’s 2% may be wiped out soon unless drastic action is taken.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
  • The Fed’s decision came against a backdrop of slowing economic growth and still-sticky inflation, raising the possibility of a stagflationary scenario.
    Niamh Rowe, Quartz, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • If colleges graduate more students into gainful employment, more borrowers can repay loans instead of defaulting.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Older boys and young men are falling behind at all levels of education (and, increasingly, are questioning the merits of it) and in gainful employment.
    Andrew Reiner, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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    Jackie Fields, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • The chicken is pan-fried until golden, like a juicy and crispy schnitzel.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 May 2025

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“Bankable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankable. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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