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Fading investor momentum has left quant funds as the stock market’s main support, and that leaves a year-end rally highly dependent on oil prices, according to Barclays.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
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
This suggests that even the oldest known eukaryotes that lived on Earth 1.7 to 1.4 billion years ago were dependent on oxygen.
From Science Daily ● 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
His countenance reminded one of a lamp quenched, waiting to be re-lit—and alas! it was not himself that could now kindle the lustre of animated expression: he was dependent on another for that office!
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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
Predictions that AI would kill half of all white-collar jobs or create a permanent class of unemployed welfare dependents were always far-fetched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
I own my home outright, have no children or other dependents, and my closest relatives are my siblings, nieces and nephews.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Yeah, Dad, the Marine Corps spares no expense on those I.D. photographs. It must cost them at least a nickel for every million dependents they take pictures of,” Ben said.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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