depend upon
Example Sentences
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One can be thought of as “ripple-out” inflation, where a shock to an economically ubiquitous input — like energy — reverberates throughout other goods and sectors that depend upon it.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
On the other hand, that’s an awfully hard thing to value or depend upon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
But that legal definition of a derivative contract is what it is and doesn’t depend upon hedging as a requirement.
From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026
That will be the point, they fear, that they lose so many of their councillors or devolved parliament members – and so the foot soldiers that so many local political campaigns depend upon.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
This is something you can depend upon: there will always be alliances, of one kind or another.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
