dependent
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"A lot of the poorest people will be very dependent on the government to resettle them."
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
Inside cells, MK-4 levels rose in a concentration dependent way.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
Her son Lewis, now 22, is dependent on a ventilator, as well as humidifiers, suction machines and oxygen concentrators, to keep him alive, after falling seriously ill as a toddler.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Macquarie said the ECSP, and specifically volumes to feed the Athena gas plant, had increasingly become dependent on exploration success.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
“I would do so if only it were in my hands. But what comfort can one offer a man who sees his family wholly dependent on him and no one else to see to them?”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Vocabulary lists containing dependent
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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