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dependence

[dih-pen-duhns] / dɪˈpɛn dəns /


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The company has been trying to increase its higher-margin prepared foods business to reduce its dependence on unpredictable commodity cycles.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Analysts and policymakers have long warned that Canada’s dependence on the U.S. market could be a liability and they have encouraged diversification.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

For small businesses caught in the middle, deeper dependence on Amazon’s logistics means rising fees, with no leverage to push back.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

According to the study, dependence on fossil fuels has temporarily hidden the effects of ecological overshoot by supporting food production, industrial growth, and energy supplies.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

The generation after Galileo had to acknowledge its dependence on Evidence-Indices and so, willy-nilly, it had to adopt the virtues of the judiciary.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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