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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
The robot is expected to cover around 650 feet in four hops and could explore a nearby crater to scan for traces of hydrogen and deposits of ice, according to Intuitive Machines. Denise Chow, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025 Today, the company continues to grow its deposits and loans, as well as net interest income and net interest margins. David Trainer, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
Based on Colson Whitehead’s 2019 novel The Nickel Boys, this experimental film deposits the audience into the point-of-view of its two lead characters, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), inmates at a segregated reform school. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025 What affected beneficiaries should know Retroactive payments, which most people should receive by the end of March, will be deposited directly into bank accounts on file with the Social Security Administration. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deposit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposit
Noun
  • The glaciers ground surface rock into fine sediment, which flowed rapidly into the oceans, Archibald said in a statement.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The study found a correlation between the frequency of supernovae over the last 3.5 billion years and the fraction of organic matter buried in Earth’s sediments, suggesting that supernova events may influence Earth’s climate and the development of life.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • On Sunday, Trump shifted his focus from a Bitcoin-only reserve to a more diversified approach.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Photo reserves the right to pursue unauthorized users of this image.
    Freya Drohan, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Quarterly filings showed that asset managers boosted allocations to U.S. ETFs tied to the price of spot bitcoin in the fourth quarter of 2024, with Mubadala Investment Co — an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund — reporting a stake in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin ETF worth $436.9 million.
    Tommy Reggiori Wilkes and Hannah Lang, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Having funds in hand by pricing items reasonably is a much better option.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Downtown Durham is in the middle of an apartment building boom — and one new building is banking on strangers living together to keep rent low.
    Zachery Eanes, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The bank projects banking net interest income of around $42 billion in 2025, down about 4% compared to 2024.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • While Waymo has already put driverless vehicles on the road in cities including Los Angeles and San Francisco, industry experts say Tesla is still far from offering a robotaxi service.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
  • From the far side of the moon, outside of regular communications range, the lander will perform a descent trajectory burn to shrink its orbit and put it on a flight path toward its landing site.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The ruling did not mention of any protective orders for the deposition or limitations on scope.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The appeals court sided with Hunley in November and cleared the way for the continued deposition.
    José Ignacio Castañeda Perez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Naperville has been grappling with the fate of its electric supply for more than a year now.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The tight egg supply caused by avian influenza, coupled with 23 consecutive months of high sales volume, has created a perfect storm in egg markets.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The program has stuck, but the state has done a poor job of estimating its true annual growth and costs: for three years in a row, the Department of Finance has approved budget augmentations for school meals, according to the report.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Its budget and employee numbers are tiny compared with those of the Pentagon.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Deposit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposit. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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