depend on it
Example Sentences
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All of our lives and liberty, and those of our daughters, nieces, and granddaughters, depend on it.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
The sector accounts for 14 percent of the west African country's gross domestic product and around five million people depend on it for their living.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
These activities pose threats to the delicate ecosystem and the organisms that depend on it.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025
Too many banks depend on it by that point.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025
Yet if I am to live, I must depend on it.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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