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as in fund
a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose
made a deposit at the bank every week
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as in to put
to arrange something in a certain spot or position
deposited their luggage at the foot of the hotel bed
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Recent Examples of deposit
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
That's the order of profitability from best to worst when crunching the returns a $50,000 deposit can earn with these account types now.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
To that end, guests arriving by taxi (or with their own cars) are met at the hotel’s parking lot by a staffer with a tiny manual car who will then zoom through the medieval city gates to deposit you at the hotel’s front door.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
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Noun
This part of the bathroom is often overlooked when cleaning the bathroom, but mold, mildew, and mineral deposits can build up in the tank and cause smelly odors.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
That's the order of profitability from best to worst when crunching the returns a $50,000 deposit can earn with these account types now.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
From there, 60% of the money would be used for property tax rebates for homeowners in areas where the megaproject is located, while 40% would be deposited into a statewide property tax relief fund.
—Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
To that end, guests arriving by taxi (or with their own cars) are met at the hotel’s parking lot by a staffer with a tiny manual car who will then zoom through the medieval city gates to deposit you at the hotel’s front door.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deposit
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The researchers used high-resolution grinding tomography and an artificial intelligence model to find the fossils, which were located in rock samples that had been preserved in seafloor sediments found in Japan and Vancouver Island from 100 to 72 million years ago.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Excavation work to remove sediment is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 27.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Elsewhere off the bench, the Magic received major contributions from reserves Tristan da Silva, Goga Bitadze and Anthony Black.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Nearly all those funds have been used to shrink pension debt or build reserves.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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Still, without corrective action, city staff warned those funds could drop if no changes are made to current spending and revenues to roughly 2% by June 2027, falling below the city’s policy on maintaining a 10% minimum in reserves in case of unexpected costs or revenue shortfalls.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
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Those total funds will represent about 49% of equity in that new company, exceeding the current foreign ownership cap of 25%.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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While returning to his base after the training mission, the wingman suddenly banked his jet because two fellow pilots on the lead aircraft were trying to film him with their phones.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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At the Clinton office nearby, volunteers phone banked and canvassed.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Spurs led for the entire game and led by as many as 28 points to put the series away on Tuesday.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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More willing to put the collective goal of winning a title above all else.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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During Musk’s deposition, OpenAI’s lawyers revealed a likely tactic in fighting against Musk’s lawsuit.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Simon acknowledged her reputation during a deposition in 2023.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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The combination of these features makes hypersonic weapons well-suited for engaging critical targets such as command centers, anti-aircraft systems, ships, and supply bases.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, recent developments, such as a surge of investors buying homes in predominantly Black neighborhoods and then leaving them vacant, cut into the supply of available homes and inflated the cost of buying a home in the city.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2026
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The annual operating budget of the district is $73 million, of which salaries and benefits are $53 million, according to the district.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The company’s bid fell apart last year, however, after a last-minute item was inserted into the state budget transferring the station’s operating permit to the Department of Administrative Services — thus keeping it out of private hands.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Deposit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deposit. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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