dependence
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She pushed to incorporate the risks of climate change into the ECB’s programs and spearheaded the creation of a central-bank digital currency, meant to address Europe’s dependence on U.S. payment infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
But that freedom comes with a new vulnerability - dependence on platforms that can restrict their work or cut off access to their audiences.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Over the past century, several medications initially promoted as helpful sleep treatments were eventually found to carry serious risks of dependence and habit formation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Chrissy’s discovery sets the stage for a twist that merely draws unfavorable comparisons to far better speculative science fiction about our growing dependence on AI companionship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
He would not answer his mother’s call, for that would have been a sign of dependence.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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A breakdown of the properties registered overseas shows they went to a total of 51 different countries or crown dependences, including Russia and the Cayman Islands.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
Homes of American Statesmen":307 "His home was usually filled with friends, its dependences with their retinue and horses.
From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by John T. (John Thomson) Faris
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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Psychological Conditions and Disorders
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