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
Despite the hospitality of his patrons, the poor scholar often felt the bitterness of his dependent state, but he bore it with equanimity, his hand ever eagerly stretched out for the prize of learning.
From The Glories of Ireland by P. J. Lennox
This dependent state of mind is far removed from virtue.
From The Eve of the French Revolution by Edward J. (Edward Jackson) Lowell
I am chiefly reconciled to leaving her, because I trust that in her enfeebled, dependent state, she may become influenced by Miss Charlecote and by you.’
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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