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as in sediment
matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid a deposit of silt on the river bed

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as in reserve
a collection of things kept available for future use or need a deposit of ammunition under lock and key

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verb

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Recent Examples of deposit
Noun
On May 31, 2022, Little allegedly made a second ATM check deposit for $32,359.17 drawn on the same account. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 Dec. 2024 The cap had made the company scale back on lending and taking deposits, putting it well behind counterparts such as JPMorgan Chase, which now has over $4 trillion in assets, and Citi whose assets total close to $2.4 trillion. Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
After the display at the train station, according to the press release, the protest moved toward the Department for Health and Social Care, where the cadre of activists deposited the headstones outside the government building. Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 3 Dec. 2024 Kennedy then deposited the body in Central Park, alongside a bicycle. James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for deposit 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposit
Noun
  • In over 200 years, paleontologists haven’t found many tyrannosaur remains in the sediments that date back to the Cretaceous Period in this part of England.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
  • These marsh plants capture sediment and help rebuild the shoreline naturally.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Nations can add Bitcoin to diversify their reserves for future generations.
    Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Canada has the world's only strategic reserve of maple syrup, while China has strategic reserves of metals, grains and even pork products.
    Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Lisa Pauline Mattackal, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Using those funds, the VII Group paid $109,756.07 to Eugene Toriko in three installments.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • SickKids Foundation is a Canadian organization established in 1972 to raise funds for The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The Knicks are banking on finding that rhythm sooner rather than later.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Kicker Matthew Wright, playing in his second game of the season for the Chiefs, banked in a field goal off the left upright as time expired to give Kansas City the win.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The idea morphed into a bowl design that puts more of the 67.500 fans in the lower bowl than any other stadium in the league, also with the smallest upper deck in the NFL, says Evans, the designer of both SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
    Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Aggressively low prices, rapid turnaround times, and unpredictable production schedules can put substantial financial strain on suppliers.
    Áine Clarke, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • As a result, Paige is often infuriating during meetings and depositions, dropping youth-speak like gaslit and my guy while taking the kind of aggressive posture that looks impressive on video and fires up followers.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Attorneys for the plaintiffs in that case have said they were surprised by the shooting and unsure whether it was connected to the Stines deposition, which lasted several hours.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 2024
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  • Since it was first implemented in 2022, the program has enrolled more than 80,000 students who receive at least $7,000 to either attend the private school of their choice or to afford educational supplies to be taught at home.
    Cole Lauterbach | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Annually, egg prices are up 37.5 percent, mainly because bird flu has reduced supply across the country.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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  • The latest Medicaid forecast revealed Tuesday shows the budget still has a shortfall to the tune of several hundred million dollars, and the costs of the program are expected to continue growing faster than overall state revenues.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Musk has pledged to make $2 trillion in cuts to the federal budget.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024

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“Deposit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposit. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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