depend
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Gifts depend on the generosity of a billionaire or a bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Much of the technology needed to replace those fuels comes from China - a country it is increasingly reluctant to depend on.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
But those systems are under pressure, and so are the households that depend on them.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
These results provided further evidence that some metabolites depend on intestinal bacteria, while others can also be manufactured by the body's own metabolic processes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
“You may depend upon my not mentioning it.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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It depends on how much money they make.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
"So the infection prevalence in the nymphs really depends on how all the larval tick meals are distributed across all the hosts," explained Ostfeld.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
Where revenue or regulatory compliance depends on a measured quantity, companies should disclose how their instruments trace back to a national standard and state a margin of error.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Josh Kaplan, head of research and investment strategy at MarketVector Indexes, said that whether Micron’s valuation is cheap or not depends on whether still investors view memory as a cyclical business.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
What we believe depends on what we learn.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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This meant the engineered immune cells no longer depended on a tumor-specific mutation to become active.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Since the move, she has lost the work she depended on.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Their previous designs used engineered genetic networks, but these systems depended on living cells and other biological materials.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
We once depended on our noses to tell us whether food was fresh, whether something was burning or whether a tannery lay up ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Her plan depended on her bringing the Shetani back to Baaz very much alive.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Federal Reserve Gov. Chris Waller on Tuesday put the possibility of a half-point rate hike into the mix, depending how hot consumer price data for October comes in.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
He said Huang would likely keep his job in the near term but could be ousted depending on the internal inquiry's findings.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
One of the study's most revealing findings was that psilocybin's influence on brain connections changed depending on whether the mice had experienced prolonged stress.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
There can be a period of two weeks to a number of months between cycle, depending on how many children arrive in the UK.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
I feel like someone is depending on me.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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