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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
Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Large deposit sizes can be good for banks, but the concentration of deposits with a few customers – the stablecoin issuers – can actually make the banks fragile.
—Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
Volcanic ash from volcanoes in Wyoming, Idaho, and California was deposited in the rocks along the shore.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2025
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Noun
Michigan recycling grows Despite a highly successful 10-cent deposit program on beverage bottles and cans, Michigan has historically lagged behind other states in recycling overall.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Large deposit sizes can be good for banks, but the concentration of deposits with a few customers – the stablecoin issuers – can actually make the banks fragile.
—Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
Select a location that is convenient for depositing composting ingredients and harvesting finished compost.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
Volcanic ash from volcanoes in Wyoming, Idaho, and California was deposited in the rocks along the shore.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposit
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On an inner beach in Nova Scotia, layers of stone and sediment are battered by water.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2025
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The piece initially was unrecognizable as sediment fused with it while resting about 2.5 miles below sea level for almost nine decades.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2025
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Its reserves are roughly estimated at 1.2 million tons of ore with lithium concentration above 1.5%.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The biggest drawdowns on those reserves were to make extra pension payments designed to keep the four major pension funds afloat and reduce payments in the long term.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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Brightline spent $6 billion in private funds to lay or upgrade 233 miles of tracks between Orlando and Miami, along with building stations, and manufacturing 10 trains.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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The Coastal Bend center acknowledged using state funds to buy land for a new facility.—
Cassandra Jaramillo,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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In a new environment, under a different coaching staff and system, the Canadiens are banking on Dobson to evolve. — Data via Evolving-Hockey, HockeyViz, HockeyStatCards, All Three Zones and Natural Stat Trick.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Cashman is banking on such discussions being unnecessary, though.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
10 July 2025
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Performance reviews may require a personal touch, but AI can help HR leaders put together hiring managers’ or supervisors’ feedback into a proper framework.—
Julie Hoagland,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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All that effort has put more than 1.3 million asteroids in our catalogs, but astronomers expect Rubin to identify perhaps three times that many new objects—practically without trying.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
1 July 2025
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The depositions were taken as part of a recent civil rights lawsuit against the department.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
4 July 2025
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Records obtained by the Detroit Free Press June 30 show the committee has sent notices for depositions to be conducted between July 8 and 10, to two additional MSP officers and one civilian: Lt. Col. Michael Krumm, Insp.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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Energy operators had to cut off electricity to customers — because supply couldn’t meet the growing energy demand — for 21 hours as a measure to prevent larger-scale blackouts.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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This will include school supplies and household essentials from Amazon Basics (starting at $3) and summer fashion from Amazon Essentials (starting at $12).—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
6 July 2025
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The budget legislation is the president's highest-profile win yet.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
5 July 2025
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Instead, CFOs prefer, in many instances, to cut say 10% of the budget of all divisions to find savings.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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“Deposit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposit. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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