depend
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The result would also depend on the trust document.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The scale of the pipeline build-out, however, will depend on oil producers’ willingness to invest in new production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
With players marked, attacks can then depend on winning one-against-one situations, requiring individual quality often in the form of dribbling.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Planets take shape inside disks of gas and dust surrounding young stars, but the supply of gas they depend on is temporary.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Tie notes, as we have seen, that some signs virtually speak for themselves—bloodstained clothing, a cry—but others depend heavily on interpretation.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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That said, it depends on your time horizon.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Much depends now on how long the war lasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The term’s meaning depends on who’s employing it.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
He added that protecting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is the responsibility of “every economy that depends on secure supply chains, energy security and freedom of navigation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
“This is my job during nomination season. This publication lists every job classification the Bureau has to offer. What positions you are allowed to pursue depends on both your potential and your ability.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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Those successes have depended on digitally unrolling CT scans and then using machine learning to detect extremely subtle changes in texture or shape associated with ancient ink.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
For many years, and to an extent far greater than any other country, the U.S. military has depended on assets in space.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The report concluded that private labels wouldn’t necessarily kill big legacy players, and that danger depended on the product and the country, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Maria says, “We depended on secondhand stores. Our mom wouldn’t buy us all kinds of things. She couldn’t do that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
When I came in he threw himself on his knees before me and implored me to let him have a cat; that his salvation depended upon it.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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He added: "We're monitoring the tree closely and, over time, our rangers will manage it depending on how it develops."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
That’s a big ask, depending on whom you ask.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Rather than supplying energy evenly across the brain, the nervous system may redirect resources depending on behavioral state, memory demands, and other internal needs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration told airplane passengers to check its website for travel updates, telling AFP there is "always a chance for restrictions depending on the weather."
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
They lived in tents, depending on the kindness of others for food and clothing.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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