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"Melt season length is much more dependent on atmospheric effects," Boisvert said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
The rules did not disappear; they became even more dependent on that maddening instruction: read the room.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Several categories of residents will be prioritised for aid, including those with dependent children, those with disabilities, pensioners, carers, those at risk of homelessness and victims of domestic abuse.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
They can earn fortunes in a single month, but are often dependent on one airline for their entire careers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Elisha was completely dependent on his parents for support.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
He didn’t mind the risk because he has ample savings, no dependents and a second income stream as a restaurant investor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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
The mother, Yadira, applied for asylum and listed Wilber, who was 15 at the time, and his younger sister, as dependents of her case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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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