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sediment

[sed-uh-muhnt, sed-uh-ment] / ˈsɛd ə mənt, ˈsɛd əˌmɛnt /


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The practice was banned in 2020, but the bare faces that cutting left behind are still collapsing and eroding today, washing sediment down into reservoirs.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Today there are more than 20 introduced species still in the lake that kick up sediment, destroy the plants the chi live among and eat their eggs.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Whether a given flow becomes a disaster depends on conditions in India as much as in Nepal the Ganges' level, Indian rainfall, embankment integrity, drainage and sediment.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Elements commonly associated with interstellar dust have been found in deep-sea sediment cores, Antarctic snow, and samples from the Moon that correspond to these time periods.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

A single bit of sediment coiling in the jar on some slow hydraulic axis.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy




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