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Recent Examples of deposition
In a deposition last year, former Columbus Police Det.
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Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Halfway during a pivotal deposition scene, a light cue failed and the cast had to leave the stage.
—Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
During the deposition, the judge suggested drugs could be getting into Alabama prisons another way.
—Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
Swift reportedly agreed to the deposition before the incident.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
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Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Halfway during a pivotal deposition scene, a light cue failed and the cast had to leave the stage.
—Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
During the deposition, the judge suggested drugs could be getting into Alabama prisons another way.
—Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
Swift reportedly agreed to the deposition before the incident.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposition
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His skeleton is well preserved, his bones dappled with gooey-looking sediment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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For the new study, the researchers examined more than 130 sediment cores that record roughly 3,000 years of geological history.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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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 19 Oct. 2025.
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