deposit
verb (used with object)
to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account.
are depositing
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present progressiveof deposit.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“They are depositing scent in those areas,” MacLean says, which may explain their pickiness about a pooping spot.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2022
So far, Indians are depositing their money in the banking system with impressive haste.
From Economist ● Dec. 1, 2016
They are depositing smashed wood, twisted metal and wreckage in neat piles.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2011
In Boston, where more than 60 inches have fallen since Christmas, plows are depositing excess at six “snow farms” — otherwise known as vacant lots — around the city.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2011
Sediments carried by the rivers are depositing in strata, which some day will harden into rock.
From The Book of the National Parks by Robert Sterling Yard
