dependency

Example Sentences

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But progress is slow, highlighting the difficulty of unraveling a dependency that has persisted for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

This concentration of power risks creating new forms of dependency and social control incompatible with human nature and freedom.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

America’s counterparties might be starting to think differently about the risks of dollar dependency.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

"I think there are some incredible opportunities that can actually lift Greenlanders from dependency to independence," Landry said in the interview.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

But guilt doesn’t go anywhere near far enough; the appropriate emotion is shame—shame at our own dependency, in this case, on the underpaid labor of others.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich