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Podcasters are less constrained by party discipline, less dependent on access and more responsive to audience sentiment in real time.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
Interest-based consumption is less dependent on debt-fueled housing wealth and less politically awkward than conspicuous luxury.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
The facility, its fortunes dependent on people moving in but never moving out, didn’t provide a dumpster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Many countries are also dependent on these waters for significant supplies of other petrochemical products, made at the refineries in the region.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Since the pigs cannot find food or even find their way around without sniffing, this mutilation makes them completely dependent on their human owners.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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