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sediment

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


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Evans surmises the fish that survived were in an area of the creek where less charred material and sediment were swept in.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Surveys last year were “so depressing,” Dagit said, with very few animals, and stretches that were essentially transformed into flat roads from all the sediment buildup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The helmets survived in exceptional condition thanks to a combination of sediment and mineral deposits that formed around them underwater.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Across Nigeria's oil-rich southern Niger Delta, decades of oil spills have left a landscape deeply scarred, with wetlands increasingly coated in crude and contaminated sediment.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“No real sediment to speak of,” he said.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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