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depend

[dih-pend] / dɪˈpɛnd /




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The choice of household groceries varies each week, depending upon what is available.

From BBC

“Recyclability isn’t static, it depends on a complicated system of sorting, transportation, processing, and, ultimately, manufacturers buying the recycled material to make a new product,” said Nick Lapis, director of advocacy for Californians Against Waste.

From Los Angeles Times

If a nation’s well-being depends on the strength of its families, America is in trouble.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rate of U.S. growth is on track to easily top 2% for the entire year, depending on what happens in the fourth quarter, which ends in eight days.

From MarketWatch

These steps depend only on fundamental constants and the frequency of the applied modulation, making them the foundation of the global voltage standard for the "volt."

From Science Daily