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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
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
Specs are available for preorder now for $2,195 with a $200 refundable deposit.
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Chloe Albanesius,
PC Magazine,
17 June 2026
Lisa Emili,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
The researchers deposited materials directly onto a flexible fabric base.
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Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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Noun
The price tag for the glasses, which are lighter and feature a larger display that previous versions, stands at $2,195 with a $200 deposit.
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Alex Harring,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
Specs are available for preorder now for $2,195 with a $200 refundable deposit.
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Chloe Albanesius,
PC Magazine,
17 June 2026
Verb
Sediment cores - long cylinders of material drilled from riverbeds and lakebeds - gave us a chronological record of what was deposited over decades.
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Lisa Emili,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
The researchers deposited materials directly onto a flexible fabric base.
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Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposit
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The channel entrance to Alamitos Bay has been dredged at times to help boaters navigate the harbor, and the sediment is also used to stabilize the shoreline at Peninsula Beach between 62nd Place and 72nd Place, but that project hasn’t occurred for 15 years, according to the city.
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Together, these methods help build a timeline of when each layer of sediment and the plastic trapped in it were deposited.
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The world’s second largest economy has also weathered the historic energy crunch triggered by the conflict better than many of its neighbors – in particular due to its copious strategic oil reserves and embrace of green tech and electric vehicles.
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Today, the once sprawling forest is confined to a 1,000 acre reserve.
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The Rule of 55 and 72(t) allows some Americans early access to their retrement funds, experts said.
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The deal will also unfreeze tens of billions of dollars in Iranian funds held in international banks as part of the final agreement.
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For longtime customer Nita Lynch, who has banked with FirstBank since 1975, the merger has meant spending hours updating routing numbers, retirement accounts and automatic payments.
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Now, Bungie, whatever is left of it, will be banking almost entirely on Marathon, short of some incubation project finally getting approved.
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Lola Vice will put her NXT Women’s Championship on the line against Kendal Grey, Myles Borne will defend the NXT North American Championship against Tavion Heights, Wren Sinclair will face a challenger for the WWE Women’s Speed Championship and Saquon Shugars takes on Dion Lennox.
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Earlier, a pair of Harry Kane goals — his ninth and 10th at World Cups — had twice put England ahead, only for some sloppy defending and smart attacking play to give Croatia a route back.
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Defense attorney Michael Burt had argued a video deposition prosecutors conducted with a key witness is hearsay evidence and should not be admissible, as the witness could not be subject to cross-examination.
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According to a deposition transcript filed in the case, Ovitz showed up to testify at his attorney’s office in New York.
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Demand for powerful chips has become essentially infinite thanks to the AI boom—yet the global supply of chips remains capped by how many EUV lithography machines one company can crank out, and by how much fab capacity one other company has available.
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According to Quantum Strategy's David Roche, Middle East oil supply is currently close to prewar levels once crude held in storage and aboard tankers is included.
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Christensen suggests the state should instead focus on stripping back environmental regulations that make brush clearance and fire prevention costly, which would ensure state firefighters are not working excessive overtime and the state budget is not being stretched beyond its means.
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Also, the current budget for the park is $905,000, all of which will go toward park improvements such as playgrounds, trails and more.
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“Deposit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposit. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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