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dependence

[dih-pen-duhns] / dɪˈpɛn dəns /


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Chinese investment remains vital to the economy, even as concerns periodically surface over labour practices, local employment and the country's dependence on foreign capital.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

The prime minister wants local areas to move away from dependence on Whitehall grants and towards funding that rewards local economic growth.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

However, the analysts say continued weakness in its ocean freight unit and growing dependence on technology customers argue against a more aggressive assessment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

As performers protest and studios sue in their war on artificial intelligence, the entertainment industry is deepening its dependence on it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

And yet for some reason it is dependence, not adulthood, he feels.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

A breakdown of the properties registered overseas shows they went to a total of 44 different countries or crown dependences, including Russia and the Cayman Islands.

From BBC May 12, 2026

Here, though, the men’s relationship, with its kindness, virtues and mutual dependences, also offers a vision of an American dream not yet wholly corrupted by unbridled self-interest.

From New York Times Sep. 26, 2019

But yet it is less danger to have an ambitious man stirring in business, than great in dependences.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest

I shall take for granted that you have a fairly plain idea of the stomach and its dependences.

From The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Campbell, Helen

Hence arises the various modes, states, circumstances, conditions and situations in beings and things: also their different properties, relations and dependences.

From A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation by Ballou, Hosea




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