dependence

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Evidence from Europe shows that offshore wind can also reduce electricity costs for consumers by lowering wholesale prices and reducing dependence on fossil fuels and their volatile prices.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

The U.S. government is eager to reduce America’s dependence on China, which controls some 85% of global rare-earth processing capacity.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

The conflict may also impact the economic diversification programmes of Gulf nations, which are investing billions in sectors such as artificial intelligence, sports and entertainment to reduce their dependence on oil revenues.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

It seems to us that he can’t handle the responsibilities of being a father and feels inadequate in the role, possibly due to his lifelong financial dependence on his mother.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

The first farmers were heirs to that knowledge, accumulated through tens of thousands of years of nature observation by biologically modern humans living in intimate dependence on the natural world.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond