dependent

Example Sentences

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And the numbers show that the U.S. economy is increasingly dependent on this class to keep on spending.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Brazil’s coffee-growing monoculture left much of the country dependent on imported food, particularly white flour from the slave-worked mills of Richmond, which in turn encouraged the development of new capital-intensive wheat plantations in Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Much of the region is heavily dependent on oil and gas supplies that are normally shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, which is currently effectively blocked.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The launch is ultimately dependent on the weather.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

There was nothing he hated more than our being dependent on the Government.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover