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dependence

[dih-pen-duhns] / dɪˈpɛn dəns /


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But she is also a busy professional with a relatable dependence on takeout and delivery, and one who follows the news.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

New model specs for teens are designed to avoid the use of romantic language, to discourage emotional dependence and to avoid any implication that the chatbot has feelings or consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The teen experience includes automatic safety settings to discourage emotional dependence and prompt users to take a break every 90 minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Renewable energy and storage will continue to be "structural solutions to the exposure and vulnerability that the external dependence on fossil fuels represents", it added.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

But she had not been there two minutes when she found that Harriet’s habits of dependence and imitation were bringing her up too, and that, in short, they would both be soon after her.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

A breakdown of the properties registered overseas shows they went to a total of 44 different countries or crown dependences, including Russia and the Cayman Islands.

From BBC May 12, 2026

Here, though, the men’s relationship, with its kindness, virtues and mutual dependences, also offers a vision of an American dream not yet wholly corrupted by unbridled self-interest.

From New York Times Sep. 26, 2019

But yet it is less danger, to have an ambitious man stirring in business, than great in dependences.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon

The chief temple had spacious rooms, and its dependences surrounded a court yard.

From The Battle and the Ruins of Cintla by Daniel Garrison Brinton

She gave nearly as much milk as the other two, and had been one of the main dependences of the family.

From The Young Miner or Tom Nelson in California by Horatio Alger




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