dependence
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Experts said while workers may have been happy to not have email access for the day, the incident showed the dependence many organisations have on these cloud-based services.
From BBC ● 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
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
Plans to expand coal capacity "risk locking in further fossil-fuel dependence", she warned.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Nobody plotted the Agricultural Revolution or sought human dependence on cereal cultivation.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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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
But yet it is less danger to have an ambitious man stirring in business, than great in dependences.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys
The chief temple had spacious rooms, and its dependences surrounded a court yard.
From The Battle and the Ruins of Cintla by Daniel Garrison Brinton
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