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The finale features Dan's passionate support of his dead wife during a deposition for a lawsuit against the opioid company.
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
An attorney for the governor, Scott Eckersley, later said in a deposition that Martin tried to block the release of government emails and told employees to delete their messages.
—Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2025
Attorneys for Heritage homeowners who are suing the Keller school board are subpoenaing board attorney Tim Davis to testify at a deposition and provide documents related to the board’s efforts to split the school district.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Vance’s post came just hours after a federal judge ordered Trump officials to deliver depositions about its failure to retrieve Abrego Garcia, who is a legal U.S. resident and was wrongfully deported to a prison in El Salvador.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
An attorney for the governor, Scott Eckersley, later said in a deposition that Martin tried to block the release of government emails and told employees to delete their messages.
—Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2025
Attorneys for Heritage homeowners who are suing the Keller school board are subpoenaing board attorney Tim Davis to testify at a deposition and provide documents related to the board’s efforts to split the school district.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Vance’s post came just hours after a federal judge ordered Trump officials to deliver depositions about its failure to retrieve Abrego Garcia, who is a legal U.S. resident and was wrongfully deported to a prison in El Salvador.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposition
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Sometimes, Tarhan explained, women will flip the cups over and try and try to decipher the meaning left behind by the coffee sediment — kind of like reading your fortune in tea leaves.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2025
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Cable bacteria are found in marine and freshwater sediments and, unusually among bacteria, are electrically conductive.—
Ritsuko Kawai,
Wired News,
5 May 2025
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That places the creatures as having lived during the early Carboniferous period, a time when Earth was covered in trees, and vast deposits of coal were beginning to form.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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Make a cash deposit of $5 or more to qualify for this offer.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 2025
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In Prospect, along the Ohio River, the owners of Captain’s Quarters Riverside Grille responded to the incursion of dirty river water by deliberately flooding the restaurant with fresh water, keeping most of the silt and debris out.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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The fossil was located on Soom Shale, a band of silts and clays about 250 miles north of Cape Town, South Africa.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Deposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposition. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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