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deposition

[dep-uh-zish-uhn, dee-puh-] / ˌdɛp əˈzɪʃ ən, ˌdi pə- /


NOUN
attestation of truth, especially in legal matters
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STRONG


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Deposition rates are still lower than those of solvent-based research production.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024

That covers loans associated with the Federal Deposition Insurance Corporation's work to deal with several high-profile bank failures that kicked off in March and spurred broad fears about the state of the banking system.

From Reuters • May 4, 2023

Deposition testimony released Tuesday showed Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corp., did not buy into any of the theories pushed by Trump’s legal representatives and surrogates on his conservative news network.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2023

Deposition prep with Passantino seemed confined less to reviewing the facts than to instructing the witness in the art of declining to disclose them.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022

Deposition was one of those words that you always think you know the meaning of until you are asked to define it.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg




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