How to pronounce banks
Listen to banks in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“banks” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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food banks and clothing banks.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 54:56 · hear it here
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banks to medium-sized banks.
Federal Reserve · watch from 15:42 · hear it here
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Shana Banks: This is Shana Banks.
Census Bureau · watch from 137:49 · hear it here
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banking into commercial banks and investment banks.
GAO · watch from 20:49 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of banks. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.