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The species of this genus have male inflorescences, clusters of flowers on branches, that are pendent and nectarless, which has made scientists assume they are pollinated by wind.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

Appropriately, her necklace had a pendent of scissors dangling from it.

From Washington Times • Jan. 5, 2015

They arranged elaborate hedging strategies for airlines  de- pendent on cheap jet fuel, charging fees for their advice along the way, and  they lent  capital  to hedge-fund traders, pocketing inter- est  and  fees  in  return.

From MSNBC • Jun. 4, 2014

Electromagnetic fields so far are inde pendent, apart from other phenomena, do not satisfy the scientists' yearning for fundamental unity.

From Time Magazine Archive

No one answered; but a form emerged from the closet; it took the light, held it aloft, and surveyed the garments pendent from the portmanteau.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë