dependence
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“The remaining dependence is concentrated in a few critical areas,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, a Vienna-based military analyst and head of Gady Consulting who has spent long periods with Ukrainian forces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
AI is actually more likely to deepen dependence on those platforms, he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
One of the latest bets to reduce dependence on Barbie is Mattel’s first Wonder Indoor Waterpark, which is slated to open at the end of 2027 in Bellevue, Neb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
In June, Microsoft also unveiled its own cutting-edge artificial intelligence models -- a crucial step toward reducing its dependence on OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
I have a great regard for you and Emma; but when it comes to the question of dependence or independence!—At any rate, it must be better to have only one to please than two.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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A breakdown of the properties registered overseas shows they went to a total of 51 different countries or crown dependences, including Russia and the Cayman Islands.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
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
You see here not only Palmyrenes, but strangers from all parts of the East--people from our conquered provinces and dependences, who feel politically with the Palmyrene, but yet have not the manners of the Palmyrene.
From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by William Ware
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