Comet Halley is responsible for depositing the debris that, when falling through Earth's atmosphere, causes the Orionid meteor showers.
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Depositing
Synonyms for "depositing" (18 found)
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15 entriescash depositcheck depositchemical depositiondata depositiondocument submissiondust depositionelectronic depositfund transferice depositionlaying of objectsmineral depositionplacing of materialsample depositionsand depositionsedimentation
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16 entriesarchival depositiondata depositiondata submissiondeposit processdepositing datadepositing fundsdepositing mineralsdepositing moneydepositing particlesdepositing ratedepositing samplesdepositing sedimentsdepositional environmentinstitutional repositorymineral depositionsediment deposition
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Between 3 billion and 4 billion years ago, a river there flowed into a body of water the size of Lake Tahoe, depositing sediments packed with carbonite minerals and clay.
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Are you depositing or cashing this check?
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And by the same token it was plain that there had also been a hundred and seventy-five floodings of the earth and depositings of limestone strata!
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