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dependable

[dih-pen-duh-buhl] / dɪˈpɛn də bəl /


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Naval Academy, having deemed GPS dependable, stopped teaching midshipmen celestial navigation—the discipline of fixing a ship’s position based on timed sightings of the sun and the stars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

If the dependable friend offers you 5% to borrow your money, you might demand 8% from the unreliable friend because there’s a greater chance something goes wrong.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Before the team could use the eruption as a dependable benchmark, Hasler needed to address a long-standing disagreement over exactly when Vesuvius erupted.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Klare, a second-round draft pick, was a dependable target in preseason games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Then Randall had a dream one night about a white sea that ranged as far as the eye could see and switched his crop from dependable indigo to Sea Island cotton.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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