dependent
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Without a compelling earnings story, they are left exposed to the squeezed consumer and an economy increasingly dependent on AI-related spending and investment.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
This suggests that even the oldest known eukaryotes that lived on Earth 1.7 to 1.4 billion years ago were dependent on oxygen.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
The survival of dormice is dependent on diverse woodland, species-rich hedgerows and connected habitats that provide year-round food and shelter.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Revenue isn’t dependent on ongoing conflicts, with only 7% of 2025 revenue generated from Ukraine, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
There was nothing he hated more than our being dependent on the Government.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
There was just one hitch: The law applied only to employees of fully insured large companies plus CalPERS — potentially reaching roughly 9 million Californians, including workers, spouses and dependents, according to a legislative analysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 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
Even after leaving dependents behind, the Ten Thousand were chronically short of food, and their efforts to feed themselves becomes one of this book’s driving themes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The SSA, which handles benefits for more than 75 million retirees, people with disabilities and dependents, said it made sweeping productivity gains.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Our dependents are now sixteen. They stand on the precipice of adulthood, and it is now up to them to decide what kind of people they will be.”
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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