as in sediment
matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid several types of deposition on the bottom of the lake

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Recent Examples of deposition Matthiessen’s depositions alone ran to more than a thousand pages. Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025 Instead, his depositions are expected to be played for the jury. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025 Use cases include techniques such as chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition and physical vapor deposition. Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025 Though his lawsuit was against Jones, his attorneys broadened their campaign, bombarding the company and its officials with subpoenas and deposition requests. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deposition
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Noun
  • The Maurepas is known to be resting under layers of sediment about 50 feet below the waterline.
    Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Though the structures appear to only be heads, many of them have full bodies that have been concealed by sediment over the centuries.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
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  • Boissevain’s nature photography captures these in-transition landscapes in vivid hues and alien geometries, from close-ups of jellyfish-like crystal deposits to aerial shots of what scans like the surface of Mars.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The temple’s foundation deposits also contained a glass plaque confirming it was dedicated to the goddess Isis, the deity Cleopatra identified with during her reign from 51 BCE to 30 BCE.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • The latest fossils emerged from a layer of sandy silt just above an extraordinary trackway of hominin footprints made public last year.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Once river water enters the top of the lake, its slower-moving waters allow silts and other particles to drop to the bottom, and the water that exits the lake and flows further down the river is cleaner.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Deposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposition. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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