as in to settle
to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)
the water flowing into the reservoir is sedimenting silt faster than was originally expected
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as in silt
matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid
the sediment at the bottom of the river needs to be routinely dredged so that it doesn't interfere with barge traffic
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Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024
The team observed the octopuses launch objects and sediment several body lengths away.
—Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2021
Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
On a table sits a drill bit used for collecting sediment samples.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
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The exploration data collected to-date indicates that previous historical open pit heap leaching operations did not advance their plans to develop attractive, wide, shallow gold-silver mineralization hosted in major structural zones in the Bisbee Group sediments west of the Contention Pit.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024
The team observed the octopuses launch objects and sediment several body lengths away.
—Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2021
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The amendment would direct federal revenue from some renewable energy production into the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to pay for projects like marsh creation, sediment diversion, levee building and barrier island restoration.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024
On a table sits a drill bit used for collecting sediment samples.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
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The arcs have shifted slightly since their first detection, leading scientists to believe that the rings are young and still settling in.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the outcome of the election — whenever it's settled — will shape monetary policy dynamics in the years to come.Axios, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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After the Mary Rose came to rest at the bottom of a strait in the English Channel, a layer of silt cloaked the ship and the hundreds of crew who died on board.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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If disturbed, the silt and algae would’ve made the photograph difficult to take and Gross’ subjects hard to see, the museum said.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
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But wait times stayed well under an hour statewide in the morning and early afternoon, even as a steady stream of voters filtered through voting locations.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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The Sprague's wetlands once filtered out phosphorus that acts as a free buffet for blue-green algae to proliferate in Upper Klamath Lake.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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After two years of reviewing texts, emails, phone records and depositions, Shakib said county and fair officials have yet to make clear who butchered Cedar, what happened to his meat and who got sheriff deputies involved in the dispute.Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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In April of last year, during his season of indictments, Donald Trump sat for a deposition and defended his worth.Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
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The team is currently working on creating an improved coating that can reduce FOG deposits in sewers by enhancing both its self-healing capabilities and mechanical strength.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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The encampment residents who accepted offers for help can continue to draw from that pot until June 2026 for needs ranging from apartment deposits to job preparation, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness is helping oversee the latter effort.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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As the water increases in temperature, CaCO3 undergoes a chemical reaction and precipitates out of the water, forming incrustants, or little crystals.Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2024
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Gadgil and his students have been exploring several methods to perform the actual arsenic removal, generally involving binding up the poison into a precipitate that can be filtered.Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2015
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“Sediment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sediment. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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