depend
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“These are children, seniors, veterans and individuals with disabilities whose independence and quality of life depend on these services every single day.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Millions of Americans depend on Social Security for some, if not all, of their retirement income.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
A more precise model of color perception could have wide value in fields that depend on accurate color, including photography, video, visualization, and related technologies.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
And the power of empires, which depend on free trade, is threatened.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
She had come to depend on the cooing sounds, the lip-smacking, the sudden shrieking panics.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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