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The bruising recession that followed left the central banker convinced the global economy had become too dependent on the U.S. and its reserve currency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

But you can take precautionary steps to lower your expenses and become less dependent on government retirement income.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

The lobster industry in both Canada and the US are heavily dependent on the other, with American-caught lobster often sent to north to be processed before it is shipped back to the US and sold.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Inflation in the 21-nation eurozone, which is heavily dependent on energy imports, hit a three-year high of 3.3 percent in August, substantially above the ECB's two-percent target.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

It is hard to take a captive panda—one that’s been dependent on humans its whole life—erase that dependency, and replace it with an unfamiliar self-sufficiency.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

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

I own my home outright, have no children or other dependents, and my closest relatives are my siblings, nieces and nephews.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

Fifth, Denman had the money neither to pay us well nor to guarantee a decent sum to our dependents in case something happened to us.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer