dependent
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"The final outcome for FY26 remains dependent on the important remaining bookings, as well as fuel prices, which continue to be volatile," the carrier said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Hardware sales are only about 20% of IBM’s revenue, and mainframes are about a quarter of hardware sales, but its software and consulting services are heavily dependent on those sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The new formula to determine these investment prices will be less dependent on swings in stock markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Everything is dependent on the mood of one man,” Nasr said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
I was brought up a dependent; educated in a charitable institution.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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
Do your parents qualify as your dependents for tax purposes?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Zalewski said his government was prepared to build infrastructure to house new troops and their dependents so the American units could be permanently stationed in Poland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“Our dependents are now sixteen. They stand on the precipice of adulthood, and it is now up to them to decide what kind of people they will be.”
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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