dependent
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Social Security recipients can get an additional benefit for dependent children, which alters the calculation about when to draw benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Without a compelling earnings story, they are left exposed to the squeezed consumer and an economy increasingly dependent on AI-related spending and investment.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
"Nepal's electricity system, currently strained and heavily dependent on hydropower, could be made more robust through well-planned additions of solar electricity," Germany's development agency GIZ said in a 2024 report.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The survival of dormice is dependent on diverse woodland, species-rich hedgerows and connected habitats that provide year-round food and shelter.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Jonathan knew she was dependent on her walker.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
There was just one hitch: The law applied only to employees of fully insured large companies plus CalPERS — potentially reaching roughly 9 million Californians, including workers, spouses and dependents, according to a legislative analysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
During the Covid pandemic, Congress approved payouts to income-eligible tax filers and their dependents only, a narrower approach that would lower the cost further.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
I live in California, am single with no children or dependents, rent rather than own, have no mortgage, and am in the 24% federal tax bracket.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Even after leaving dependents behind, the Ten Thousand were chronically short of food, and their efforts to feed themselves becomes one of this book’s driving themes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
One morning, we were summoned to the dining-room — the servants, the family, the dependents — and told that there the sole hope of our College awaited us.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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