dependent
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Industry groups are urging the government to create legal pathways for seasonal foreign labour, arguing that sectors such as agriculture have become dependent on migrant workers and cannot replace them overnight.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Hugh O'Donnell, who is retired, said his household is "totally dependent" on home heating oil and he understands why many people are facing problems.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Landlocked Switzerland’s economy is highly dependent on exports, including its luxury watches, pharmaceuticals and high-tech machinery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Unforeseen events could eventually leave them dependent on public assistance, re-creating the kind of poverty that Social Security was designed to prevent after the Great Depression.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
But he also owned people and was completely dependent on them for his livelihood and personal comfort until the day he died.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Even after leaving dependents behind, the Ten Thousand were chronically short of food, and their efforts to feed themselves becomes one of this book’s driving themes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Stringent regulations for some visa applicants — notably those coming to the U.S. to study or for work-study programs and their dependents — have further clouded America’s image as a destination.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Zalewski said his government was prepared to build infrastructure to house new troops and their dependents so the American units could be permanently stationed in Poland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
They include most overseas students being restricted from bringing family members to the UK and care workers being restricted from bringing dependents with them.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
One morning, we were summoned to the dining-room — the servants, the family, the dependents — and told that there the sole hope of our College awaited us.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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