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 Using human verbatim transcription services can help preserve the nuanced details of witness statements, depositions and surveillance audio. Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 Melly’s legal team urged Broward Circuit Court Judge John Murphy to allow Miramar Police Detective Mark Moretti to sit through another deposition, or a sworn interview with a witness. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025 The component is then coated with a typical clear-coat finish after the deposition procedure. New Atlas, 12 May 2025 Roberts issued a temporary administrative stay of two orders entered by a federal district court in Washington, D.C., which directed DOGE to turn over records related to it operations and personnel and required its acting administrator, Amy Gleason, to sit for a deposition. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for deposition
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Noun
  • The three mosaics were discovered beneath several feet of sediment alongside what appear to be stone walls, photos show.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
  • The team of Spanish researchers spotted the oblong rock below 5 feet (1.5 meters) of sediment during an excavation in July 2022 and reported their findings in a paper published May 24 in the journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.
    Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 29 May 2025
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  • Universal savings accounts have had bipartisan support going back as far as the Clinton administration, and without the initial deposit, would come a much lower cost.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 11 June 2025
  • While Blue Origin has not disclosed how much each passenger must pay for a ticket to space, the deposit is $150,000 per person.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Vines growing on black silt and sand are lined parallel to the direction of the mistral wind from the north.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • The pictures captured the lifeless water full of debris and silt, stagnant, clotted and scabbed with rubbish.
    Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025

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“Deposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposition. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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