depend

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The Times reported last month that she is “pursuing legal action,” and her prospects in a contract dispute depend on facts that haven’t been publicly disclosed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Because these parasites depend on multiple species to survive, their presence can reflect the overall strength of the marine ecosystem.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

“If we can’t depend on reliable long-term snowpack and snowmelt later in the year, we’re going to have to do other things to make our water system more resilient.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Programmes like the nationwide rural jobs guarantee, for instance, depend on an accurate sense of which areas are still "rural" - a category that may have shifted significantly over 15 years.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

They did, however, allow for several other fates, which depend on the amount of mass in the cosmos.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife