dependence
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“Using less gas means less dependence on oil, less exposure to global oil shocks, and less pollution from vehicles and oil production. And it means drivers spend less money at the pump.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Google focuses on encouraging critical thinking and has specific protections for users under 18, she added, including to prevent emotional dependence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Did anyone you encounter manage to later shake out of it themselves and reduce their dependence on the thing?
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
The refinery is the latest element of Capt Traoré's drive to increase state control over Burkina Faso's natural resources and reduce its economic dependence on foreign companies and former Western partners.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
I have a great regard for you and Emma; but when it comes to the question of dependence or independence!—At any rate, it must be better to have only one to please than two.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
A breakdown of the properties registered overseas shows they went to a total of 51 different countries or crown dependences, including Russia and the Cayman Islands.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
A breakdown of the properties registered overseas shows they went to a total of 44 different countries or crown dependences, including Russia and the Cayman Islands.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
Here, though, the men’s relationship, with its kindness, virtues and mutual dependences, also offers a vision of an American dream not yet wholly corrupted by unbridled self-interest.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019
These natural dependences carry with them natural uncovenanted obediences,—to parents, filial duty—to country, loyalty—to God, piety: all which are embraced in the Latin term pietas.
From Moral Philosophy by Joseph Rickaby, S.J.
Homes of American Statesmen":307 "His home was usually filled with friends, its dependences with their retinue and horses.
From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by John T. (John Thomson) Faris
Vocabulary lists containing dependence
Psychological Conditions and Disorders
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Jimmy Carter, Speech from July 15, 1979
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