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dependence

[dih-pen-duhns] / dɪˈpɛn dəns /


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Google has also said that it focuses on encouraging critical thinking and has specific protections for users under 18, including to prevent emotional dependence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

AI is actually more likely to deepen dependence on those platforms, he wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

One of the latest bets to reduce dependence on Barbie is Mattel’s first Wonder Indoor Waterpark, which is slated to open at the end of 2027 in Bellevue, Neb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

In June, Microsoft also unveiled its own cutting-edge artificial intelligence models -- a crucial step toward reducing its dependence on OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

It was also that I had developed a dependence on him for needing me.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

You see here not only Palmyrenes, but strangers from all parts of the East--people from our conquered provinces and dependences, who feel politically with the Palmyrene, but yet have not the manners of the Palmyrene.

From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by William Ware

Claims made by their pride and their self-respect, and their weaknesses and dependences.

From The Research Magnificent by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells


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