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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
Stephen Witt,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Never send deposits before independently verifying the property owner or management company.
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T.j. Anthony,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
According to prosecutors, Eidleh deposited more than $5 million in fraud proceeds, kickbacks and bribes into accounts associated with shell companies in an effort to conceal the source of the money.
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Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
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Noun
Although Neo has a list price of twenty thousand dollars, more than ten thousand customers have already placed a deposit for one.
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Stephen Witt,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Never send deposits before independently verifying the property owner or management company.
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T.j. Anthony,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Verb
The dredge is conducted by crane and excavator barges that dig sand up and deposit it in another barge.
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Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
According to prosecutors, Eidleh deposited more than $5 million in fraud proceeds, kickbacks and bribes into accounts associated with shell companies in an effort to conceal the source of the money.
—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposit
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Over time, filters become less effective at removing sediment, impurities, and lingering tastes from your water supply.
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But recent studies have shown that erosion can also emit CO2 by oxidizing organic carbon contained in eroding sediments.
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To balance the budget over the last few years, Newsom and lawmakers have dipped into the state’s reserves at a time when California is experiencing strong revenue growth, which the LAO has cautioned against.
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It is backed by a 10-minute thermal buffer tank and a 72-hour emergency water reserve to ensure continuous, fail-safe climate control.
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One of the broad areas the fund is focused on is insurance, Niven said, naming broker and reinsurer Aon and Canadian insurer Intact Financial as two of its holdings in the sector.
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Despite the extra funding, the budget continues a trend of relying on reserves, shifting funds, borrowing and suspending debt payments to balance state spending.
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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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In addition to the fear of deportation, the ruling puts thousands of immigrants at risk of losing their work authorization and their jobs, according to a Haitian-American journalist.
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That lawsuit, in part, accuses City Attorney Miko Brown of pushing airport officials to investigate a charter airline's safety record -- not because of genuine safety concerns, but to create legal cover for a city council vote that put $90 million in federal grant money at risk.
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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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Assemblymember Alex Lee announced on Wednesday that $20 million in the 2026-27 fiscal budget has been allocated to restart the CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Program after the program paused at the end of June due to a lack of funding.
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As artificial intelligence transforms the job market and rising living costs squeeze family budgets, the University of California system is making the case that its degrees remain valuable investments.
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“Deposit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposit. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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