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dependent

[dih-pen-duhnt] / dɪˈpɛn dənt /




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This leaves the market increasingly dependent on private-sector demand, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

She was dependent on Burwood for friendship and social contact.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Prices of refined petroleum products remain between 70 and 95 percent above pre-war levels, putting pressure on countries dependent on energy imports for economic activity.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

This suggests that the bacteria-inhibiting properties of birch tar were not dependent on one particular production method.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

In panic he thought, I’m dependent on them.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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

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

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

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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