depend
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Future offshore wind costs depend on investments today.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Emotional intelligence and character are going to matter more than they’ve mattered in the past, because the hardest things to automate are the things that depend on relationships.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Their work suggests that the Universe's fundamental constants sit within an extremely narrow range that allows liquids to flow in ways living cells depend on.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
Ultimately, the future may depend less on geopolitics than on the calculations of two powerful leaders: Narendra Modi and Asim Munir.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
By giving prestige to the Swiss, he discredited his own troops, for he did away entirely with his foot-soldiers and obliged his cavalry to depend upon the abilities of others.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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