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depended
verb as in count on, rely upon
verb as in be contingent on
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Example Sentences
Yet the two depended on Social Security to survive, as it bridged the gap between Barnett’s income and what they needed to survive.
Didi and Gogo, as Vladimir and Estragon are affectionately known to each other, are like brothers who have depended on each other for their very survival, no matter that they drive each other completely crazy.
Maybe it was more true in the past, when deeply rooted sexism meant that women depended on men for many social goods.
The 25-year-old widow, who had depended on her husband as the breadwinner, now has three young children to care for.
These ideas to restructure the court depended on Democrats winning sweeping power in both the White House and the Senate.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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