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dependence

[dih-pen-duhns] / dɪˈpɛn dəns /


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For Sambe, the situation reflects an "increasing and openly acknowledged security dependence" of Niger on Russia, which had previously been mainly engaged in the fight against jihadism.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

For space traffic management, autonomous navigation and onboard catalog updates could reduce dependence on ground-based tracking networks while improving collision avoidance.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

Saudi Arabia is aiming to diversify its economy away from its dependence on oil revenues, including via investment in the leisure and entertainment industry.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

But she is also a busy professional with a relatable dependence on takeout and delivery, and one who follows the news.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Nobody plotted the Agricultural Revolution or sought human dependence on cereal cultivation.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

A breakdown of the properties registered overseas shows they went to a total of 44 different countries or crown dependences, including Russia and the Cayman Islands.

From BBC May 12, 2026

Here, though, the men’s relationship, with its kindness, virtues and mutual dependences, also offers a vision of an American dream not yet wholly corrupted by unbridled self-interest.

From New York Times Sep. 26, 2019

The chief temple had spacious rooms, and its dependences surrounded a court yard.

From The Battle and the Ruins of Cintla by Daniel Garrison Brinton

Hence arises the various modes, states, circumstances, conditions and situations in beings and things: also their different properties, relations and dependences.

From A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation by Hosea Ballou

These natural dependences carry with them natural uncovenanted obediences,—to parents, filial duty—to country, loyalty—to God, piety: all which are embraced in the Latin term pietas.

From Moral Philosophy by Joseph Rickaby, S.J.




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