as in sediment
matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid several types of deposition on the bottom of the lake

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Recent Examples of deposition In between songs, an ongoing skit would sometimes play on the screens where SZA and Kendrick are being interviewed in a deposition. Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 9 May 2025 Abrego Garcia's lawyers may seek the court's permission to conduct up to two additional depositions, Judge Xinis said. Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2025 Dan's biggest concern going into the deposition is that the lawyers will disparage Roseanne. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025 The lawyers will also take depositions no later than May 9 of four Trump aides, including Michael G. Kozak, a State Department official. Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deposition
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Noun
  • Constructed in collaboration with Medina for the show, the cabinet becomes a metaphor for body and mind—a container for memory, for emotional sediment, for the trace elements of being.
    Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • Swish until the loose sediment washes away, until heavy black sand is all that’s left.
    John Archibald, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
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  • That places the creatures as having lived during the early Carboniferous period, a time when Earth was covered in trees, and vast deposits of coal were beginning to form.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
  • The Arc Coast is penciled in for 2026 production, and reservations are open now for a refundable deposit of $250.
    Paul Ridden May 18, New Atlas, 18 May 2025
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  • And corals, sponges, and anemones that use the polymetallic nodules as anchors to hold still and thrive on a seabed of silt, which, when mined, will be upturned and transformed into sediment plumes.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
  • The blue coloration of the water is due to fine silt particles in the water.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025

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“Deposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposition. Accessed 31 May. 2025.

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