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[dih-pend] / dɪˈpɛnd /




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Future quantum computers may depend on the ability to connect widely separated modules through distributed entanglement.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Many of those living near the plants also depend on them for work.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

A lot will depend on how you use the tool, what questions you ask and whether you verify the sources used and double-check the findings.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Space-Eyes said in the filings that its success in the foreseeable future “will continue to depend to a significant degree on its ability to win government contracts, in particular from the DoD.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

She camped again and hunted for food rather than depend on her stores.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

But its new plan to grow from about 3,300 stores to 15,000 worldwide depends on a younger generation that’s less well-off and more focused on viral trends, the WSJ’s David Wainer writes today.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

College could work out slightly cheaper in Canada, but that depends on financial aid.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Well that depends on which calendar you follow.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Talbot noted that healthy embryonic development depends on stem cells forming all three primary cell types: endoderm, ectoderm and mesoderm.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

The strength of the resulting earthquake depends on how much energy has built up in the fault before it budges, how much of the fault slips, and how far it moves.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Many wild places historically depended on fires to maintain their ecosystems, and as people have continued to build farther into those places, they have, with great success, suppressed those blazes, Frievalt said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the islands depended first on sugar plantations and then the pineapple industry.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Additional targets were hit in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates—also part of the supply chain that the Navy had depended on for decades.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

If that interpretation is correct, the outcome of 1066 may have depended not only on what happened on the battlefield at Hastings, but also on political and religious decisions made in Rome.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Theodoric’s analysis depended partly on examining rainbow-like images that he encountered in daily life: in the spray thrown up by a turning water-wheel, in the drops of dew on a spider’s web.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“You’re starting to see much more nuanced activity around individual names depending on the individual business model, rather than systemic buying or selling of an entire category.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 30, 2026

This could include things like meal plans, after-school activities or - depending on your child's age - exams.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Patents expire at different times depending on the country, too, meaning that competition could enter in Europe or Canada at a different time than in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Amazon wouldn’t share how many autonomous drones are coming to Tracy, saying the number will increase depending on demand.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

I feel like someone is depending on me.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman




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