as in sediments
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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Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025 Once river water enters the top of the lake, its slower-moving waters allow silts and other particles to drop to the bottom, and the water that exits the lake and flows further down the river is cleaner. —Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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These silts were left behind when ancient river channels filled up or when floodwaters slowed down and gently dropped tiny particles. —Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025 Once river water enters the top of the lake, its slower-moving waters allow silts and other particles to drop to the bottom, and the water that exits the lake and flows further down the river is cleaner. —Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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These pieces blend perfectly with lamps designed by Marcel Wanders, the subtle Ice Cream collection, and the natural light that floods the space, bringing the building’s century-old architecture to life.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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The annual SantaCon bar crawl that floods New York City with inebriated young people in Santa suits every holiday season was run by a real-life Grinch, according to federal prosecutors.— Larry Neumeister, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
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The new picture also captures shadowy fractures and pits that hint at large volumes of water ice still buried beneath the surface, as well as numerous impact craters surrounded by the detritus of their own explosive formation.— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
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Across the jagged volcanic landscape of spontaneous eruptions and tumbling detritus, a space of relative calm will invariably open up.— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Silts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/silts. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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