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as in fund
a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose
made a deposit at the bank every week
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as in to put
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
deposited their luggage at the foot of the hotel bed
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Recent Examples of deposit
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The 3,400 cubic yards is the initial deposit in a long-term plan to pull up to 540,000 cubic yards from various sources, including nearby ocean deposits, to shore up the tracks in San Clemente against beach erosion and sea-level rise, Orange County Transportation Authority officials said.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Generated in the furnace of the sun, it’s deposited on the moon by solar winds that are repelled from Earth by our atmosphere and magnetic field.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The team looked for white matter hyperintensities—areas of brain tissue damage linked to small vessel disease—and amyloid plaques, the protein deposits tied to Alzheimer's disease.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The 3,400 cubic yards is the initial deposit in a long-term plan to pull up to 540,000 cubic yards from various sources, including nearby ocean deposits, to shore up the tracks in San Clemente against beach erosion and sea-level rise, Orange County Transportation Authority officials said.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
That storm, still the one to beat, towered more than a mile into the sky, stretched across nearly 100 miles of the desert at times and deposited 40,000 tons of dust across Phoenix.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Generated in the furnace of the sun, it’s deposited on the moon by solar winds that are repelled from Earth by our atmosphere and magnetic field.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposit
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On the eastern side of the escarpment near Noto Canyon is a deposit of sediment reaching up to 800 meters thick.—
Elizabeth Fernandez,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
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Dams hold back sediment that would normally flow to the coast.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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The in-house caliber 113, a hand-wound movement with a 10-day power reserve, also drives a patented nonlinear power reserve indicator that appears to slow down as the time to wind approaches.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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And with the 25-player limit on La Liga squads — even though Mastantuono was registered with the Real Madrid Castilla reserve team in case of a new arrival — Madrid’s room for more incoming players was minimal.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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This nonprofit consortium includes contributors from JPL, the same lab that spawned the OCO instruments, as well as Planet Labs, the California Air Resources Board, universities, and private investment funds.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 Sep. 2025
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West Dundee will cover $450,000 of the $478,850 cost using money in its Spring Hill Mall Tax Increment Financing district fund.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Just about everything with the Mini Countryman is banking on nostalgia and social cred.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
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In storage, the concentrated desiccant and pure water are held in tanks, effectively banking cooling potential for later.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Trailing by 14 points, Charlotte needed a touchdown to get back in the game, and as Albin said, put some heat on the Tar Heels.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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In the first inning as the Blue Jays wore down the Yankees by putting balls in play and fouling off pitches, Judge was tested for the first time on a single by Nathan Lukes.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The deposition was part of a lawsuit filed by Lisa Jackson, a former manager of one of Paula’s restaurants, Uncle Bubba’s Seafood and Oyster House.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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In 2013, the celebrity chef confessed to having used the slur in a legal deposition.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Every September and December, Broadbelt would stuff barrels with care packages, gifts and school supplies to send back to Jamaica.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Insects crawled through clinical areas, and staff food was stored alongside medical supplies.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Easley, Nunn and Cline have also been the sole board members to vote against several other proposals, including the approval of this year’s budget.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Lecornu will now have to steer a budget through France’s completely fractured parliament, macro strategists at Deutsche Bank flagged Wednesday.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Deposit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposit. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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