depend upon
Example Sentences
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One can be thought of as “ripple-out” inflation, where a shock to an economically ubiquitous input — like energy — reverberates throughout other goods and sectors that depend upon it.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
It will depend upon the exact positions of the areas of high and low pressure, how warm the air heading our way will be - and on how much sunshine we get to see.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
On the other hand, that’s an awfully hard thing to value or depend upon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
A strike, she said, “can be very chaotic and very overwhelming,” especially for special-needs kids who depend upon consistency and routine.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Yet even if it did happen—and maybe it did, anything’s possible —even then you know it can’t be true, because a true war story does not depend upon that kind of truth.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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