How to Use deposition in a Sentence

deposition

noun
  • She gave a videotaped deposition about what she saw that night.
  • His attorneys took depositions from the witnesses.
  • Miller – who is 351 pounds – expressed concern in a deposition earlier this summer the mask would not fit him.
    Dakin Andone, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The case has rolled along at a handcar pace through four years’ worth of filings, motions, hearings, rulings and depositions of both Grant and Trump.
    Sean Piccoli, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The billionaire was scheduled for a deposition on Thursday, but the parties agreed to postpone it, two people familiar with the matter said.
    Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Worries about the upcoming deposition, due to start on Thursday, may be why Musk revived his offer on Tuesday.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Details on how the deposition went weren’t immediately disclosed.
    David B. Caruso and Jennifer Peltz, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Each of those methods has uncertainties that are compounded by gaps in the sediment caused by the drilling process and by natural pauses in the deposition of material.
    Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2024
  • None of the depositions dispute the essence of the videos.
    Christopher Damien, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • The rate of deposition changes throughout the year with the seasons.
    Kevin Davenport, idahostatesman, 9 July 2018
  • Graham and his lawyers have since fired back and tried to quash the deposition.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Snow deposition above the tent is due to wind transport of snow.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2022
  • In his deposition, Cawthorn did not say his friend left him for dead.
    Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2021
  • From his deposition, these seem to be the only things Cole did change.
    Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 11 July 2023
  • The deposition was to be part of the process leading to the calculation of a damage award.
    Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The team has asked the state to present a witness for deposition who is most knowledgeable on the subject.
    Dylan Walsh, The Atlantic, 17 June 2017
  • There’s nothing in his deposition that is going to change the truth.
    Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Garcetti, in his deposition, was asked about the lawsuit.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • She is also supposed to go give her car crash deposition to the lawyer on this day.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
  • Although a transcript of the deposition was released by a Kentucky court, the video was not.
    David Armstrong, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The court agreed and is now ordering Drake to appear for the deposition later this month.
    Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023
  • To make their case, both sides have taken depositions for the lawsuit.
    Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 13 June 2019
  • Trump, who refused to take the stand, treated his video deposition like a do-over of the 2016 apology tape.
    Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • Physicians have long known that inhaling oils and other lipids can lead to the deposition of oily droplets in the lungs.
    Cosby Stone, The Conversation, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Alice Drosinis said about the contract, in a deposition filed as part of the lawsuit.
    Ely Portillo, charlotteobserver, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Buchanan had a hard time getting Marlow to show up for a deposition.
    oregonlive, 29 Feb. 2020
  • The final portion of Ryan’s deposition was focused on the cloud.
    Tom Warren, The Verge, 28 June 2023
  • Gene Kravitz, by the way, is expected for a deposition next month.
    By Jose Lambiet, miamiherald, 22 June 2017
  • Biden and Roberts are scheduled to have their depositions June 13-16 in Little Rock.
    Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 2 May 2023
  • The judge also said the deposition could be useful when Carroll’s lawyer next month files the new lawsuit.
    Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022

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