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Rather than being entirely dependent on water delivered from elsewhere in the solar system, the growing planet may have possessed the ingredients needed to manufacture water through its own chemical reactions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

The moment underscored how dependent we become on the kindness of strangers when we travel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

The government said £5m from a new £130m package will help "off grid" households who are dependent on either heating oil or LPG and are eligible for reduced council tax.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

“We are so heavily dependent on oil around the world to make and do things, it drives everything up,” said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth Management, after the inflation report.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Prisons would have to be closed across America, an event that would likely inspire panic in rural communities that have become dependent on prisons for jobs and economic growth.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The Social Security Disability Insurance program provides cash benefits to disabled workers and their eligible dependents.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

During the Covid pandemic, Congress approved payouts to income-eligible tax filers and their dependents only, a narrower approach that would lower the cost further.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Predictions that AI would kill half of all white-collar jobs or create a permanent class of unemployed welfare dependents were always far-fetched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

This is particularly important for households that are supporting dependents, or whose jobs are less secure.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

One morning, we were summoned to the dining-room — the servants, the family, the dependents — and told that there the sole hope of our College awaited us.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson