silted

past tense of silt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for silted
Verb
  • In the recent past, Japanese companies like Toyota and Sony had flooded America’s market with high quality but inexpensive cars and electronics, harming the business of great American brands, including General Motors and RCA.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In 1700, for example, the Dutch flooded part of West Africa with perhaps as much as 40 million pounds of gunpowder, enough for well over half a billion musket shots; the world population at the time may have been as low as 600 million people.
    Clifton Crais, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With good reason, as the history of this Louisiana city is filled with lore of witchcraft, voodoo, and even vampires.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Carrasco notes that the bear and woman video was posted by an account filled with Sora videos, which signals to him that the viral animal encounter clip is AI as well.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Low-lying property including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure may be inundated.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2025
  • San Diego County Assessor Jordan Marks said his office, and the tax collector’s, have been inundated with in-person visits and phone calls about higher bills.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.
    Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Torrential rain bands have swamped Haiti and the Dominican Republic for much of the week, causing flooding and triggering landslides.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The opening of Sylhet’s air cargo operations has also freed up space in Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), which had gotten so swamped in recent years that Bangladeshi exporters elected to use the transshipment option to fly goods out of India’s airports.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Silted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silted. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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