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soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.
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Recent Examples of silt
Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
The fossil was located on Soom Shale, a band of silts and clays about 250 miles north of Cape Town, South Africa.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 22 Dec. 2022
Throws that made octo-contact were also more likely to be accomplished with a specific set of arms, and the projectile was more likely to be silt.
—Emma Marris, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2022
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Noun
In Prospect, along the Ohio River, the owners of Captain’s Quarters Riverside Grille responded to the incursion of dirty river water by deliberately flooding the restaurant with fresh water, keeping most of the silt and debris out.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
The fossil was located on Soom Shale, a band of silts and clays about 250 miles north of Cape Town, South Africa.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
Cathedral-like sandstone canyons were resurrected, and sunlight reached the silt-clogged floors for the first time in generations.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 22 Dec. 2022
Throws that made octo-contact were also more likely to be accomplished with a specific set of arms, and the projectile was more likely to be silt.
—Emma Marris, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silt
Noun
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Constructed in collaboration with Medina for the show, the cabinet becomes a metaphor for body and mind—a container for memory, for emotional sediment, for the trace elements of being.—
Nargess Banks,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Swish until the loose sediment washes away, until heavy black sand is all that’s left.—
John Archibald,
Southern Living,
25 May 2025
Verb
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Purple blossoms furred the redbuds along his driveway; here and there beneath them were sprays of yellow forsythia.—
Jamie Quatro,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Aug. 2024
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Purple blossoms furred the redbuds along his driveway; here and there beneath them were sprays of yellow forsythia.—
Jamie Quatro,
Harper's Magazine,
21 June 2024
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At some point, alluvium buried the entire tusk, possibly from major storm flooding.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2024
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The tusk was covered with alluvium, possibly during a major flooding event, MDEQ said.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
13 Aug. 2024
Verb
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When a storm is approaching, most evacuation orders are issued for areas where storm surge is a threat or for those near a body of water that is prone to flooding.—
Mallory Nicholls,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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Before the loophole was closed, e-commerce sites like Amazon had been flooded with cheaper flags claiming to be American-made.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
Noun
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When blown by the wind, these sediments are referred to as loess.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
2 Sep. 2021
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Soils here are particularly complex, featuring chalk, sand, gravel, clay, loess, quartzite and slate.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2021
Verb
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Waiting until the last minute can lead to gridlock on the road for you and obstruct first responders trying to get to the active fire zone.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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While the state Assembly derailed that initial plan, forfeiting the grant, the push for a practical remedy to gridlock never died.—
DJ Gribbin,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Some of the most vulnerable places are far from any melting ice sheets, including Belize City, home to about 65,000 people, where just 3 feet of sea level rise would swamp 500 square miles of land.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 May 2025
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But the tax revenue loss would still swamp the spending reductions.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
Noun
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And while space debris and meteoroids of comparable mass burn up in our atmosphere almost every day, this piece of manufactured orbital detritus is unique.—
Eric Mack,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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But if there isn’t enough kelp detritus to go around, urchins can start feeding on the living kelp itself.—
Byrd Pinkerton,
Vox,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Silt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silt. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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