dependent
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In Maine, which is among the states most dependent on heating oil, the state’s housing authority, aka MaineHousing, administers the federal Low-Income Energy Assistance Program.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
In recent weeks, professional money managers have grappled with a punishing bond selloff, rising fuel costs and a stock-market rally that is increasingly dependent on a handful of tech stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
When we returned to Los Angeles, I dreaded becoming dependent on a car for everything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The humanitarian crisis caused by the war has left most of the nation's population dependent on aid.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
This means that the Negro has been allowed to stand on his own merit; he has not been patronized as a dependent, neither has he met enmity and persecution because of his success or failure.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
There was just one hitch: The law applied only to employees of fully insured large companies plus CalPERS — potentially reaching roughly 9 million Californians, including workers, spouses and dependents, according to a legislative analysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
During the Covid pandemic, Congress approved payouts to income-eligible tax filers and their dependents only, a narrower approach that would lower the cost further.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Created in the early 1990s, private-placement life insurance takes advantage of tax-code provisions intended to encourage people to provide for their dependents using life insurance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Union workers at the Social Security Administration want the agency to add 20,000 more employees and expand its budget to better serve 75 million retired workers and dependents and people with disabilities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Fifth, Denman had the money neither to pay us well nor to guarantee a decent sum to our dependents in case something happened to us.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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