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Beyond debates surrounding regulatory policy, investors should be mindful that volatility is increasing as the AI trade transitions into a new phase — one that’s more dependent on debt instead of free cash flow.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Maybe what that means is that human creativity is changing, and that it's much less dependent on idea generation and much more dependent on idea selection and elaboration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
But you can take precautionary steps to lower your expenses and become less dependent on government retirement income.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Senegal meanwhile "remains dependent on buying satellite images. Certain services cannot even be carried out because we lack the means to buy them", said Sensat's Faye.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Our habits of expense make us too dependent, and there are not many in my rank of life who can afford to marry without some attention to money.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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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
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
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
One morning, we were summoned to the dining-room — the servants, the family, the dependents — and told that there the sole hope of our College awaited us.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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