as in sediment
soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.
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Recent Examples of silt
Ryan Brennan
may 26,
Miami Herald,
26 May 2026
Finer clays, silts and coarser sands would all have been deposited by different processes.
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Geoff Emberling,
The Conversation,
19 May 2026
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
All the while, the Guadalquivir River, which allowed ships into Seville, began to silt up, forcing trade southward to the coastal town of Cádiz.
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Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2023
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Noun
Common contaminants these systems address include sediment (dirt, sand, rust, silt), chlorine and chloramines, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides and herbicides, heavy metals (lead, mercury, copper), bacteria and unpleasant taste or odors.
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Ryan Brennan
may 26,
Miami Herald,
26 May 2026
Finer clays, silts and coarser sands would all have been deposited by different processes.
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Geoff Emberling,
The Conversation,
19 May 2026
Verb
Its primary purpose is not to control people or accumulate power, except perhaps incrementally, in the form of a kind of silting up of canonical importance.
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Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
All the while, the Guadalquivir River, which allowed ships into Seville, began to silt up, forcing trade southward to the coastal town of Cádiz.
—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2023
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Over time, filters become less effective at removing sediment, impurities, and lingering tastes from your water supply.
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But recent studies have shown that erosion can also emit CO2 by oxidizing organic carbon contained in eroding sediments.
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Purple blossoms furred the redbuds along his driveway; here and there beneath them were sprays of yellow forsythia.
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The foils can also retract, meaning that the boats aren't at risk of marine growth, which could otherwise fur them up.
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What used to be open water was heading towards alluvium, and oblivion.
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The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.
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Thousands of Dutch fans flooded the streets of Monterrey, Mexico, ahead of the Netherlands' World Cup match against Morocco in the round of 32 tonight.
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In the weeks since the show premiered, memes and unauthorized merch capturing Patricia’s dispassionate delivery, heroic shotgun wielding, and jerky dance moves have flooded the internet.
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The Rhône's predominantly granite soils versus Walla Walla's basalt bedrock, riverbed cobbles, and windblown loess.
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The death toll was so high partly because many people lived in cave dwellings carved into soft loess soil.
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Campaign financing, taking money from special interests, leads not only to gridlock but also to an inability for political parties to act in good faith on their constituents’ behalf.
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Democrats largely oppose Trump’s efforts to seize more control over elections, and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Trump’s demands would gridlock the chamber.
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Rather, our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles—not just meteoroids but larger bodies, such as comets, asteroids, and other cosmic detritus—and Earth is right in the firing line.
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Want to take a dip but daunted by the scum and detritus on your pool's walls, floors, and surfaces?
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The Blue Jays and Kevin Gausman (4-5) were swamped early after a three-game sweep of the Red Sox in Boston.
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Extreme floods that once swamped coastal communities only rarely are becoming far more common as climate change caused by humans pushes sea levels higher, according to new research.
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“Silt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silt. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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