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dependence

[dih-pen-duhns] / dɪˈpɛn dəns /


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Fuel shortages have crippled economic output and halted public transport, increasing the island’s dependence on its burgeoning private sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

China’s main objectives are to accelerate its technological development, reduce dependence on foreign suppliers and achieve leadership in strategically important fields, including artificial intelligence, Hannas said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

I asked Fahnbulleh whether Britain was swapping dependence on petrostates for dependence on Beijing.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Broadcom and Nvidia also sell high-end switches for use in Chinese data centers, though Chinese regulators are reviewing its dependence on Broadcom, according to the Financial Times.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

It was this dependence that made Aedes aegypti the perfect creature to carry yellow fever into Philadelphia in 1793.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

A breakdown of the properties registered overseas shows they went to a total of 51 different countries or crown dependences, including Russia and the Cayman Islands.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

A breakdown of the properties registered overseas shows they went to a total of 44 different countries or crown dependences, including Russia and the Cayman Islands.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

Here, though, the men’s relationship, with its kindness, virtues and mutual dependences, also offers a vision of an American dream not yet wholly corrupted by unbridled self-interest.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019

These economic dependences and independences consist only in the relations of one man or woman to the others.

From Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles by C. W. (Caleb Williams) Saleeby

But yet it is less danger, to have an ambitious man stirring in business, than great in dependences.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon


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