dependence
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The country provides China with a route to the Bay of Bengal, reducing Beijing's dependence on the Strait of Malacca for some trade and energy supplies.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
I think AI and the pressure that it’s putting on young people makes the sort of extended dependence on families—that has been going on for a couple of decades now—in some ways more explicit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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 truth of his intellectual dependence on Beeckman was utterly intolerable to him.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Vocabulary lists containing dependence
Psychological Conditions and Disorders
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Jimmy Carter, Speech from July 15, 1979
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