dependence

Example Sentences

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This growing dependence is now seen as a major weakness in the UK food system.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Although a major oil and gas producer, Iran sought to revive the project in the late 1980s to diversify its energy resources and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels for domestic consumption.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

“While we are necessarily moving forward together because of our mutual dependence, each side distrusts the other side’s long-term intentions,” he told me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Wilson acknowledged a greater risk to international markets, owing to their heavy dependence on imported energy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

The generation after Galileo had to acknowledge its dependence on Evidence-Indices and so, willy-nilly, it had to adopt the virtues of the judiciary.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton