dependent
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As an incarcerated person, you find that your life rests entirely in the hands of prison employees; you are completely dependent on them to hear your pleas and take immediate, lifesaving action.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
As Professor Mitchell puts it: "The connections between dogs on the one paw and people dependent on wild plant and animal resources on the other are ancient, diverse, and profound."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
In other words, your ability to retire is entirely dependent on your expenses and your desired income.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
As friends find jobs, marry and move on, many remain dependent on their parents.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Woodcuts and engraving in particular were traditionally dependent on craftsmanship, which may explain why so few creative geniuses have made them and have generally been content to let others produce prints from their designs.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
The Social Security Disability Insurance program, meanwhile, provides cash benefits to disabled workers and their eligible dependents.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Having alienated even his most obsequious dependents, Nero fled the city and killed himself in A.D.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
Fifth, Denman had the money neither to pay us well nor to guarantee a decent sum to our dependents in case something happened to us.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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