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dependence

[dih-pen-duhns] / dɪˈpɛn dəns /


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Saudi Arabia is aiming to diversify its economy away from its dependence on oil revenues, including via investment in the leisure and entertainment industry.

From BBC Aug. 24, 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

However, this too was rejected by the Swedish Migration Agency in November 2025 with documents stating there was not a "special relationship of dependence" between the two.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Chinese investment remains vital to the economy, even as concerns periodically surface over labour practices, local employment and the country's dependence on foreign capital.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Nobody plotted the Agricultural Revolution or sought human dependence on cereal cultivation.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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

But yet it is less danger to have an ambitious man stirring in business, than great in dependences.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys

Claims made by their pride and their self-respect, and their weaknesses and dependences.

From The Research Magnificent by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Hence arises the various modes, states, circumstances, conditions and situations in beings and things: also their different properties, relations and dependences.

From A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation by Hosea Ballou




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