dependent
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Hugh O'Donnell, who is retired, said his household is "totally dependent" on home heating oil and he understands why many people are facing problems.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
"The final outcome for FY26 remains dependent on the important remaining bookings, as well as fuel prices, which continue to be volatile," the carrier said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Hardware sales are only about 20% of IBM’s revenue, and mainframes are about a quarter of hardware sales, but its software and consulting services are heavily dependent on those sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The new formula to determine these investment prices will be less dependent on swings in stock markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Masaccio’s Holy Trinity, 1425, in Santa Maria Novella in Florence, is the earliest rigorous perspective painting to survive, and is evidently dependent on Brunelleschi’s studies.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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
Do your parents qualify as your dependents for tax purposes?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Stringent regulations for some visa applicants — notably those coming to the U.S. to study or for work-study programs and their dependents — have further clouded America’s image as a destination.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 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
At the end of September, Lemos found the burden of caring for all of these dependents overwhelming, and, reluctantly and tearfully, she placed four of her children in the nearby Half-Orphan Asylum.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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