dependence

That dependence on foreign repair capacity is the more fundamental weakness.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

For Sambe, the situation reflects an "increasing and openly acknowledged security dependence" of Niger on Russia, which had previously been mainly engaged in the fight against jihadism.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

If the approach can be successfully expanded, photosynthetically controlled Spirulina could provide another route for addressing vitamin B12 deficiency while reducing some dependence on meat and dairy production.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

But she is also a busy professional with a relatable dependence on takeout and delivery, and one who follows the news.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

If there is one thing she hates most about being in the foster care system, it’s this dependence on people you barely know, your vulnerability to their whims.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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

A wiser and more benevolent instructor would teach him, on the contrary, to acknowledge his dependences and avoiding forbidden things, to partake with cheerfulness of the material blessings which surround him.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 by Robert Kerr

These natural dependences carry with them natural uncovenanted obediences,—to parents, filial duty—to country, loyalty—to God, piety: all which are embraced in the Latin term pietas.

From Moral Philosophy by Joseph Rickaby, S.J.

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