deposed

past tense of depose
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as in testified
to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived

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Recent Examples of deposed Taylor Swift will likely not be deposed in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's legal battle. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025 Wayfarer cofounder Steve Sarowitz, CEO Jamey Heath and Baldoni will be deposed later this month. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025 Us Weekly reported that Baldoni’s team filed court documents to have Taylor Swift deposed during the week of of October 20 to 25. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 12 Sep. 2025 Lively has already been deposed. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025 The witness, who appeared in London after refusing to travel to the United States to testify at trial, was deposed via live video feed by the government and defense counsel from a courtroom in Chicago. Robert Anello, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 None of Lake’s cases produced the evidence needed to support her broadsides and she was never deposed in those matters. Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025 In all, Pirro was deposed twice by Smartmatic in 2023 and once by Dominion. Josh Meyer, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025 The same panel also approved a Republican motion to subpoena 10 top former government officials to testify about the Epstein investigation — including a number of Democrats such as former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who are scheduled to be deposed in October. Emily Brooks, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposed
Verb
  • Darnold wasn’t sacked, which is a credit to the quarterback and his offensive line.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Tua Tagovailoa was sacked three times, two of which was given up by starting rookie left guard Jonah Savaiinaea, and occasionally moved off his spot by pressure.
    Omar Kelly Updated October 5, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Combs’ former girlfriend, who testified under the pseudonym Jane, did not submit a letter to the judge.
    Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Ventura testified over four days in May while nine months pregnant with her son.
    Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The earthquake's epicenter was situated roughly 6 miles north-northeast of Cabazon and occurred at a depth of 8 miles.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The consulate was situated inside a shopping mall.
    Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Arkansas coach Sam Pittman was fired Sunday, and defensive coordinator Travis Williams, co-defensive coordinator Marcus Woodson and defensive line coach Deke Adams were dismissed Monday.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Pushed to extremes While footage and photographs of starving Palestinians in Gaza have horrified audiences abroad, inside Israel they have been dismissed by many as manipulated or untrue.
    Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Before referrals were halted, the effort that placed people at the Civic had already moved hard-to-reach homeless people from the street to a shelter space and, in many cases, then on to long-term housing and stability.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The officer took Wallen's wrist and placed the country singer under arrest.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In fewer than 48 hours, at least 22 people were killed and hundreds injured as demonstrators torched government buildings in the capital Kathmandu and toppled the prime minister.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Republicans toppled the Democrats’ huge House majority and seized the speaker’s gavel from Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) by gaining 63 seats, mostly by running on a pro-repeal message.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Let the filter dry completely before putting it back and using the blow dryer again.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Notre Dame had a 79-yard TD drive in the third quarter and a 52-yarder in the fourth to put the game away.
    Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Elon Musk was dethroned as the richest man in the world last week.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Despite being dethroned—with Washington's prices surpassing California's on Sunday, September 14—, California still had the second-highest gas prices in the country.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025

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