How to Use deposition in a Sentence

deposition

noun
  • She gave a videotaped deposition about what she saw that night.
  • His attorneys took depositions from the witnesses.
  • None of the depositions dispute the essence of the videos.
    Christopher Damien, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • The rate of deposition changes throughout the year with the seasons.
    Kevin Davenport, idahostatesman, 9 July 2018
  • Graham and his lawyers have since fired back and tried to quash the deposition.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Snow deposition above the tent is due to wind transport of snow.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2022
  • In his deposition, Cawthorn did not say his friend left him for dead.
    Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2021
  • From his deposition, these seem to be the only things Cole did change.
    Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 11 July 2023
  • The deposition was to be part of the process leading to the calculation of a damage award.
    Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Asked about the assault scene, Stan notes that Ivana had made the claim in a deposition, but later walked it back.
    Daniel D'addario, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The team has asked the state to present a witness for deposition who is most knowledgeable on the subject.
    Dylan Walsh, The Atlantic, 17 June 2017
  • There’s nothing in his deposition that is going to change the truth.
    Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Garcetti, in his deposition, was asked about the lawsuit.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • She is also supposed to go give her car crash deposition to the lawyer on this day.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
  • Although a transcript of the deposition was released by a Kentucky court, the video was not.
    David Armstrong, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The court agreed and is now ordering Drake to appear for the deposition later this month.
    Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023
  • To make their case, both sides have taken depositions for the lawsuit.
    Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 13 June 2019
  • Trump, who refused to take the stand, treated his video deposition like a do-over of the 2016 apology tape.
    Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • The deposition is now rescheduled for Oct. 25, per the court filing.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Physicians have long known that inhaling oils and other lipids can lead to the deposition of oily droplets in the lungs.
    Cosby Stone, The Conversation, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Alice Drosinis said about the contract, in a deposition filed as part of the lawsuit.
    Ely Portillo, charlotteobserver, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Buchanan had a hard time getting Marlow to show up for a deposition.
    oregonlive, 29 Feb. 2020
  • The final portion of Ryan’s deposition was focused on the cloud.
    Tom Warren, The Verge, 28 June 2023
  • Gene Kravitz, by the way, is expected for a deposition next month.
    By Jose Lambiet, miamiherald, 22 June 2017
  • Biden and Roberts are scheduled to have their depositions June 13-16 in Little Rock.
    Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 2 May 2023
  • The judge also said the deposition could be useful when Carroll’s lawyer next month files the new lawsuit.
    Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • In recent months, Banks sat down for a deposition, and her lawyer abruptly quit.
    Marc Hogan, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2023
  • At his deposition, Versoza was asked whether a drug dog can help identify the owner of a pile of cash.
    Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The settlement comes a day after both Trump and Stephanopoulos were ordered to sit for depositions in the suit.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The settlement comes one day after a magistrate judge ordered Trump and Stephanopoulos to sit for depositions next week.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Dec. 2024

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