depend
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Webb, the former Redondo Beach city attorney, said the L.A. mayor could implement such a diversion program but only in concert with the city attorney, and then its success would depend on providing services.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
"But that neutrality means they barely interact with their environment, making them bad at the sort of signal-switching logic that computers depend on."
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
"My fate, your fate, will depend on a judge deciding whether I am sufficiently following these good morals," she said, "this leads to enormous risks."
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
They depend on decades-old Soviet-era equipment, while fuel shortages imperil their effectiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
A somewhat touchy correspondence then ensued, in which Jefferson attempted to remind Adams that their much-valued friendship did not depend on complete agreement about forms of government.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing depend
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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