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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
Annabelle Huang, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
According to prosecutors, the SSA investigated the deposits and found that Charnecky withdrew the funds, which were meant for her mother, who passed away in December 2012.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The team deposited the remarkable find at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Paleontology, where Tsogtbaatar is also affiliated.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Banks are piloting tokenized deposits and settlement rails.
—Annabelle Huang, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
According to prosecutors, the SSA investigated the deposits and found that Charnecky withdrew the funds, which were meant for her mother, who passed away in December 2012.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
The scheme involved stealing mail, altering checks, and depositing them into various bank accounts.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The team deposited the remarkable find at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Paleontology, where Tsogtbaatar is also affiliated.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposit
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The find was reported to the Sapporo Museum Activity Center, and a research team then spent the better part of a decade carefully removing the bones from the sediment.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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About 80 percent of the scientists voted in favor of the idea that the feature was caused by the movement of salt layers or the collapse of sediments.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
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The Obama Foundation has yet to fulfill its pledge to create a $470 million reserve fund meant to shield taxpayers if the Obama Presidential Center runs into trouble, according to recent tax filings, which show millions instead going to the Tides Foundation.—
Christine Valora,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Sep. 2025
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South Korean officials are seeking loans and a bilateral currency swap arrangement with the US to soften the economic impact, noting that the sum represents more than 80% of its foreign reserves.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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The Obama Foundation has yet to fulfill its pledge to create a $470 million reserve fund meant to shield taxpayers if the Obama Presidential Center runs into trouble, according to recent tax filings, which show millions instead going to the Tides Foundation.—
Christine Valora,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this month, a judge lifted a temporary injunction that had suspended that provision, allowing the administration to continue blocking funds.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Las Vegas Raiders (1–2) are banking on their experienced offense to stay afloat, with Geno Smith leading a passing attack that's among the league leaders in yardage.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Vachon even posed the question of whether working with major brands is all that different from banking on cash rebates that stipulate certain creative conditions, such as having heads of department who come from the countries providing the relief.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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The production came just in time to help the Angels (72-88) put a serious dent in the Astros’ chances of going to the playoffs.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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Robot boot camps to drive change To put that into perspective, its most significant rival in this area, the United States, currently only deploys around a tenth of that a year.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this year, Church revealed he was once roped into a Taylor Swift copyright lawsuit after the superstar mentioned his song during a deposition.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
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Pretrial discovery for those allegations would involve the sharing of sensitive texts and emails, along with depositions of high-ranking Dolphins and NFL officials.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Most of our supply comes indirectly from tritium decay in nuclear stockpiles, producing only modest quantities.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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Among the companies on the list is Deloitte, which recently helped Brazil develop hydrogen power by creating a model to work across various supply-chain scenarios, for example.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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If our hypothetical hard salary cap comes in, teams could be given a higher budget if a percentage is assigned to homegrown talents.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Nearly 90% of administrative expenditures came from the federal budget, the report concluded, meaning that Georgia’s experiment is being funded by taxpayers around the country.—
Margaret Coker,
ProPublica,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Deposit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposit. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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