depend
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“What else can policy depend on? It has to depend in the end on the data and your interpretation of the data,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
"While urban households often have access to gas networks and a choice of energy suppliers many rural households depend on a single fuel source stored outside their homes," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
It suggests that the answer may depend not only on the immune system, but also on biological differences built into individual joints during development.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
The ranchers depend on snowmelt that feeds the Colorado River and its tributaries to nourish grasses and hay pastures for their herds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
It is easy to say that our world has been made by science or by technology, but scientific and technological progress depend on a pre-existing assumption, the assumption that there are discoveries to be made.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Much depends on the potential for resolution or escalation in the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Good government depends on good leadership,” Wong told Parliament Tuesday after announcing that his government had accepted pay increases recommended by an independent committee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
And Knutti says that imbalance has roughly tripled over the past two decades - although the precise increase depends on which years are compared.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“It all depends on if the number’s black or red.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Softening his tone, he added, “It all depends on what happens.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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It was a strange marriage between the studios, which needed the support of the magazines, and the magazines, whose existence depended on the success and goodwill of the industry.”
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Then again, Telluride has never depended entirely on known quantities; films such as “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Moonlight” arrived with relatively modest expectations and left as major contenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Parton's influence and success depended in part on her role as one of the few things on which Americans could agree.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“I was running around, constantly trying to pump out videos like my life depended on it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
I hurried down the hall, away from the one furry being in this entire world who depended on me most, and caught up with Dad standing at the receptionist’s desk.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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The Crypto Lawyers say their fees vary depending on the client’s situation, and that it often is paid as a percentage of recovered losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Cesci Burgoyne, a nurse based in Sydney, Australia who is also a qualified personal trainer and nutritionist, adjusts her training depending on how she feels in her cycle.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
In other words, they asked whether the effect varies depending on the direction in which it is measured.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Definitions of what makes a working-class voter differ depending on who you ask.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
We spoke in Spanglish, a combination of English and Spanish in which we hopped from one language to the other depending on which word came first.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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