dependent
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“Everything is dependent on the mood of one man,” Nasr said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Yet the island nation remains heavily dependent on international aid, with a large majority of its population living below the poverty line.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
"He was very good at just decimating your ability to make your own decisions and have your own autonomy. And it made you more and more dependent on him," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Iran is highly dependent on China, which is the No. 1 buyer of the Middle Eastern nation’s crude oil.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The new science was thus dependent on a few key technologies which functioned, to use Elizabeth Eisenstein’s phrase, as ‘agents of change’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The mother, Yadira, applied for asylum and listed Wilber, who was 15 at the time, and his younger sister, as dependents of her case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
I am a 70-year-old male with no dependents, and I own my home outright.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Household expenses vary greatly by size, and the amount of emergency reserves needed may look different, depending on how many incomes there are, how secure their jobs are and whether there are dependents.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Zalewski said his government was prepared to build infrastructure to house new troops and their dependents so the American units could be permanently stationed in Poland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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
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