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dependent

[dih-pen-duhnt] / dɪˈpɛn dənt /




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The “VA Aid & Attendance Benefit” provides tax-free payments to some veterans, their dependent spouses, or surviving spouses.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Rather than being entirely dependent on water delivered from elsewhere in the solar system, the growing planet may have possessed the ingredients needed to manufacture water through its own chemical reactions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

"We are hugely dependent and these vegetables are coming from really vulnerable parts of the world like south Europe and north Africa - the areas most prone to drought, fires, and overheating," said Fisher.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

The moment underscored how dependent we become on the kindness of strangers when we travel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

She would still have some money, so she wouldn’t be dependent.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

During the Covid pandemic, Congress approved payouts to income-eligible tax filers and their dependents only, a narrower approach that would lower the cost further.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Finally, I would like to understand whether marriage or having eligible dependents would materially increase my VA benefits.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Created in the early 1990s, private-placement life insurance takes advantage of tax-code provisions intended to encourage people to provide for their dependents using life insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The SSA, which handles benefits for more than 75 million retirees, people with disabilities and dependents, said it made sweeping productivity gains.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

At the end of September, Lemos found the burden of caring for all of these dependents overwhelming, and, reluctantly and tearfully, she placed four of her children in the nearby Half-Orphan Asylum.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy


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