dependent state
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"You're going from a very dependent state to a nearly independent state again by more than 50% if you can get the clot out in good time," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
It was hard, she said, to shake off the dependent state of being a prisoner.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2011
This dependent state of mind is far removed from virtue.
From The Eve of the French Revolution by Edward J. (Edward Jackson) Lowell
Despite the hospitality of his patrons, the poor scholar often felt the bitterness of his dependent state, but he bore it with equanimity, his hand ever eagerly stretched out for the prize of learning.
From The Glories of Ireland by P. J. Lennox
Degraded from the rank of allies, the Lazi were incessantly reminded, by words and actions, of their dependent state.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Henry Hart Milman
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