depend on
Example Sentences
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Could you name an American film star whose box office doesn’t depend on China?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Much will depend on whether the judge thinks an exemplary sentence is required.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
A healthy democracy and a functioning society depend on a shared sense of what is real.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
The security of the strait is especially critical to the U.S. automotive and tech sectors, which depend on Taiwanese and Korean chips.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
We learned that wildlife, like deer and butterflies, depend on native plants for survival, and if we remove the bushes and small trees along our coastlines, then hurricanes could cause increased coastal erosion.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
