depend on
Example Sentences
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“These are children, seniors, veterans and individuals with disabilities whose independence and quality of life depend on these services every single day.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The hardware companies that depend on them are eating the cost, and the market is only starting to tell the two apart.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
And the power of empires, which depend on free trade, is threatened.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
When daroxonrasib becomes available to patients will depend on the review timeline.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Only those defences that depend on you yourself and on your own virtue are good, certain, and lasting.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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