SEDIMENTING Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

sedimenting

verb

present participle of sediment

as in settling

to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid) the water flowing into the reservoir is sedimenting silt faster than was originally expected

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DeGrom suffered first-inning struggles before settling in, his pattern this season.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
And finally, the popular sci-fi epic is settling in for what's hopefully a long stay on Prime Video that started on July 3, just in time for the long Independence Day weekend in the United States.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 7 July 2026

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Anthropic, citing both legal obligation and the technical impossibility of filtering users by nationality in real time, shut both models down globally despite their value.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Your lymphatic system has been running quietly in the background your whole life, filtering waste, shuttling immune cells and moving fluid that your circulatory system leaves behind.

— Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026

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