DEPOSITING Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

depositing

verb

present participle of deposit

as in saving

to put in an account we quickly deposited the check in a bank account

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as in placing

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 depositing The color itself lasts all day—depositing flawless color wherever it’s placed. — Laura Sandroni, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026 Covering gray means depositing enough pigment to make white or silver strands disappear into one uniform color. — Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 The scheme reportedly involved depositing checks from accounts with insufficient funds, then withdrawing the temporarily available money, leaving the banks to absorb the losses once the checks bounced, court records show. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026 Collier recommends using color-refreshing products between appointments to help keep your shade looking vibrant, while a color-depositing mask can be used to refresh the tone at home. — Emma-Jade Stoddart, Glamour, 20 Aug. 2026 Mobile check deposit is not available, so depositing checks requires a transfer from an external account. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026 Overnight, the ship inched through eight impossibly narrow locks, depositing us on Lake Ontario. — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026 The rubber nozzle protector forms a seal with the robot, and the nozzle uses high-pressure water to flush out the robot’s filter basket, depositing any debris in the station’s filter tray. — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026 The new program replaces the saver’s credit by depositing the government’s matching contribution directly into a qualifying retirement account rather than providing a tax credit. — Bydavid Schepp, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 July 2026

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Oblivious to her own biases about who Leo is and why, Mallory poses as a therapist keen on saving his life, but uses their faux sessions to mine his story for literary gold.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
But Kubiak kept him out of the preseason, saving his first real game action since surgery until the season opener.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of saving

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The usual way to study cosmic rainstorms is by placing hundreds of specialized cameras across several miles of land.

— Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Little things like people purposefully placing spelling mistakes in LinkedIn posts to signal to an audience that this post was crafted by a human, rather than a machine.

— Lis Anderson, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of placing

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But if not, there’s nothing wrong with playing an experienced guy such as Fowler and not putting Lindstein in a position to fail.

— Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The ratios offer a little more room for expenses by putting a little less toward savings than the longstanding gold standard, the 50/30/20 budget.

— Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of putting

Verb

For systems where every gram and cubic centimeter matters, storing heat rather than immediately removing it can provide another way to manage short-duration thermal loads.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Creating an accurate transcript, pairing it with a concise summary and storing both in a consistent, searchable system allows future teams to build on previous thinking rather than reconstruct it.

— Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

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Verb

Gate agents told the magazine officers have asked for help identifying or locating passengers as well as for access to internal information and even to restricted areas like jet bridges and aircraft.

— Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2026
There were real successes, such as locating Osama bin Laden in 2011 and destroying his group, al-Qaida, and later, dismantling the Islamic State.

— Greg Myre, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026

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According to the complaint, Gutierrez Marfil admitted to Cal Fire law enforcement of disposing hot ashes into a burn pile, which then caused fire.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
This includes indirect feeding, which can happen when feeding other wildlife or when improperly disposing fish scraps.

— David Goodhue August 27, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

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