dependent
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Rising fuel prices have caused widespread pain, with protests erupting in Kenya, which like many African countries is dependent on imports from the Gulf and where the public transport system has ground to a halt.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
West Coast, which is heavily dependent on gasoline from elsewhere, said Brett Gibbs, an analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
“My patients are not suffering from depression; they’re suffering from oppression,” Kidia writes in the book, detailing how many people’s conditions are dependent on external circumstances, including financial instability.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
It produces crude, but declining output and limited refining capacity leave it dependent on imported gasoline and diesel, much of it from the United States.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Newtonianism was thus only conceivable within a culture which had elaborated and become dependent upon the argument from design.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing dependent
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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