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Recent Examples of deposition
Inside the nozzle, molten polymer streams merge from parallel extruders before deposition.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
The text messages and other documents also reveal growing tensions in the women’s decade-long friendship, which reportedly cooled last year over Swift’s concerns that she would be dragged into Lively’s legal battle with Baldoni and could be subpoenaed to testify in a deposition or in court.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Before that private deposition, the former prosecutor asked to instead give public testimony.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
Jordan’s team released a 255-page transcript of Smith’s deposition on New Year’s Eve.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2026
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
The text messages and other documents also reveal growing tensions in the women’s decade-long friendship, which reportedly cooled last year over Swift’s concerns that she would be dragged into Lively’s legal battle with Baldoni and could be subpoenaed to testify in a deposition or in court.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Before that private deposition, the former prosecutor asked to instead give public testimony.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
Jordan’s team released a 255-page transcript of Smith’s deposition on New Year’s Eve.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposition
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Gas water heaters need to be regularly flushed to remove sediment build-up from inside the tank, which can settle and slowly start to clog the base of the tank.—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
28 Jan. 2026
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The newest tools, found in Greece’s Megalopolis basin, were possibly buried quickly by sediment and preserved by a wet environment over time.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For instance, having to make a minimum deposit to open the account or meet a minimum daily balance to earn the high APY.—
Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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During future fly-bys of Io, Juno will survey the moon’s surface looking for new lava flows and ash deposits resulting from this spectacular volcanic eruption.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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These rivers shaped the story of California — a sense of place — from the native peoples shaped by these rivers to the men who extracted riches from the silt.—
Sacramento Bee staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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This stretch of the Great Hungarian Plain was once the nation’s breadbasket, a lush expanse of silt and soil regularly replenished by the flooding of the Danube and Tisza rivers.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Deposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposition. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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