dependence
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China’s main objectives are to accelerate its technological development, reduce dependence on foreign suppliers and achieve leadership in strategically important fields, including artificial intelligence, Hannas said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
"The drive to clean power is about decoupling our dependence on global fossil fuel markets," she added.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Broadcom and Nvidia also sell high-end switches for use in Chinese data centers, though Chinese regulators are reviewing its dependence on Broadcom, according to the Financial Times.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Asked about Turkey's continuing reliance on coal, Bayraktar told AFP in February that Ankara prioritised securing affordable energy supplies and reducing dependence on imports.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
And yet for some reason it is dependence, not adulthood, he feels.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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
A wiser and more benevolent instructor would teach him, on the contrary, to acknowledge his dependences and avoiding forbidden things, to partake with cheerfulness of the material blessings which surround him.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 by Robert Kerr
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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