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Recent Examples of deposition
The company makes the high-tech picks and shovels—etch and deposition tools—needed to churn out high-bandwidth memory and advanced logic chips, both of which are in hot demand as AI workloads get more power-hungry.
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John Buckingham, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
But the former staff member at the office who was close with the wife said during a deposition that everyone in the office suspected the wife had orchestrated her husband’s killing.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
On March 3, 2025, the family's lawyer, Gloria Allred, filed a notice of deposition demanding that Baldwin testify on the stand in early May.
—Erica Marrison, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Instead, he’s spent millions (and counting) in taxpayer dollars to continue harassing former public servants, demanding medical and gynecological records from one victim, and dragging others through expensive depositions — even some who aren’t suing him.
—Erica Vladimer, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
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John Buckingham, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
But the former staff member at the office who was close with the wife said during a deposition that everyone in the office suspected the wife had orchestrated her husband’s killing.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
On March 3, 2025, the family's lawyer, Gloria Allred, filed a notice of deposition demanding that Baldwin testify on the stand in early May.
—Erica Marrison, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Instead, he’s spent millions (and counting) in taxpayer dollars to continue harassing former public servants, demanding medical and gynecological records from one victim, and dragging others through expensive depositions — even some who aren’t suing him.
—Erica Vladimer, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposition
Noun
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There is 130 years of heavy toxic sediment in the soil of the river.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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Over the course of seven years, scientists stationed at Camp Century drilled the first core of ice that captured the full thickness of the ice sheet — a depth of 4,560 feet (1,390 meters) — and included some sediment from the ground below.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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John and Melody put down a deposit of $10,000 for the unit.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2025
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After the exhibition closes, it will be sunk in the Pacific Ocean as a deposit for growing coral, part of Chang’s ongoing work with oceans and the environment.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The diver's representative, Ian Costello, said the car was covered in salmon guts, silt and mussel shells.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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The workers were about nine miles inside the tunnel on Saturday morning when the roof collapsed after a rush of silt and water, according to local officials and news reports.—
Ali Watkins,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Deposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposition. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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