dependent
Example Sentences
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Her baby sister gurgling helplessly in the background isn’t the only one utterly dependent on her maternal care.
From Los Angeles Times
The country is heavily dependent on imported fuel with 70% of coal and 46% of natural gas sourced overseas, she says.
For many workers, leaving is not an option having borrowed to pay recruitment agents for visas and jobs abroad and with families at home dependent on the remittances they send.
From Barron's
From Pakistan to Korea, no region on the planet is more dependent on Middle East energy than the Indo-Pacific.
The Welsh government will receive £3.8m of a £53m package of support, with the UK government saying it should be used to provide support to struggling families dependent on oil.
From BBC
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