dependence

Example Sentences

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He had pointed to Japan's and other Asian economies' dependence on fuel from the Middle East as reason for them to get involved.

From BBC

It also has one of the world’s highest food-import dependence ratios; roughly half of the country’s caloric needs are met through imported food.

From Barron's

But if China’s dependence on Iran is limited, Iran’s dependence on China isn’t.

From Barron's

Middle East tensions pose challenges to Japan’s trade balance, DBS’s economics team said, given the country’s significant dependence on the region for crude oil.

From The Wall Street Journal

And due to America’s aging, overtaxed electrical grid and our continuing dependence on fossil fuels, we likely won’t soon see the kind of five-minute charging now making its debut in China.

From The Wall Street Journal