dependent state
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"You're going from a very dependent state to a nearly independent state again by more than 50% if you can get the clot out in good time," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
It was hard, she said, to shake off the dependent state of being a prisoner.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2011
Annexation or confiscation are not compatible with our relations with this little dependent state.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by William Sleeman
It does not, however, follow from this account, that there are no poor Quakers, or that members of this society are not born in a dependent state.
From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 by Thomas Clarkson
Archie naturally resented her allusion to his penniless and dependent state.
From Clark's Field by Robert Herrick
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