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deposits

  • plural
    of deposit.
    deposit
    verb (used with object)
    to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account.
  • present tense form
    of deposit (3rd person singular).
    deposit
    verb (used with object)
    to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account.

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Anderson says much of his work involving clay deposits was originally motivated by the search for life on other planets.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Apart from Farage and Count Binface, all of them lost their £500 deposits because they failed to receive more than 5% of the total valid votes cast.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

In 1976, the federal government granted the native-owned corporation Cook Inlet Region Inc., or CIRI, rights to Johnson Tract, an area near Tuxedni Bay known to have rich mineral deposits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Activities are subject to specific permits, and Greenland Energy still hopes to obtain full approval to begin drilling soon in order to determine the quality of potential deposits.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Named for the coalfields that had been found alongside the nearby Bluestone River, the Bluefields sat amid some of the largest deposits of bituminous coal in the world.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson