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depend

[dih-pend] / dɪˈpɛnd /




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Limerick city mayor John Moran estimates between 2,000 and 3,000 people in the region depend directly or indirectly on the refinery.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Looking forward, easyJet said full-year results depend on remaining bookings and fuel prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Whether that energy can endure, Palshikar argues, will depend on many factors, including state repression, media blackouts, leadership challenges and the difficulty of building a broad social coalition.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Farms in the Imperial Valley, which produce crops from hay to vegetables, depend entirely on the river.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Lives of service depend on the lives of support, Farmer would come to say.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

“Everything depends on Starship,” analysts at JPMorgan Chase said in a recent research note.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Any successful community depends on its members completing the right jobs at the right time.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

The answer depends on a different Middle Eastern country: Iran.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

"Unfortunately, even Scott can't tell us because he doesn't know. It depends so much on the investors."

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

It’s funny, or maybe just plain pitiful, that my friends know that everything I do depends on which week it is.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

The push has made progress that few thought possible back in 2022, when Huawei was starved of U.S. technology and Chinese AI companies depended almost entirely on Nvidia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The carrier added that its full-year performance depended on remaining bookings and fuel prices.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Many earlier studies depended on biochemical techniques that required scientists to break cells open before measuring protein contacts.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

"We depended upon a corrupt Vatican official to get the text of an important papal speech ahead of delivery," he wrote.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

For a while, it seemed as if the future of eugenic sterilizations in America depended on the foggy impressions of a nurse who had been handed a cranky baby without toys.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Inverter systems can cost thousands of dollars -- not dissimilar to petrol generators depending on the size -- but proponents say running costs are lower in the long run.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

Mr. Jones describes a freshwater snail that, sensing a predator, instinctively climbs or descends depending on where the perceived threat tends to hunt.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

It’s both fact and fiction, and the meaning changes depending on your vantage point.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

Manx Utilities said, while the amount saved will vary depending on electricity usage during the period, removing VAT would save a typical household about £50 per year.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

In fact, a lot of times, depending on his shift, he’d come out with me after school to haul in my catch and toss the keepers into the baskets on my skiff.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings




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