dependent
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Rather than being entirely dependent on water delivered from elsewhere in the solar system, the growing planet may have possessed the ingredients needed to manufacture water through its own chemical reactions.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
It is dependent on produce from parts of the world prone to droughts and fires, according to co-founder of an organisation aiming to address this.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
The moment underscored how dependent we become on the kindness of strangers when we travel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
“We are so heavily dependent on oil around the world to make and do things, it drives everything up,” said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth Management, after the inflation report.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
But now, with a helpless human being lying in the cot, one so dependent on others that her very existence had to be proof of a higher goodness, things had changed.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The Social Security Disability Insurance program provides cash benefits to disabled workers and their eligible dependents.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 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
Union workers at the Social Security Administration want the agency to add 20,000 more employees and expand its budget to better serve 75 million retired workers and dependents and people with disabilities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Having alienated even his most obsequious dependents, Nero fled the city and killed himself in A.D.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Our dependents are now sixteen. They stand on the precipice of adulthood, and it is now up to them to decide what kind of people they will be.”
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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