dependence

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, China continues the construction of hundreds of coal-burning plants to reduce its own dependence on Middle East energy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The crisis has again thrown Europe’s dependence on other countries for energy imports into stark relief.

From The Wall Street Journal

He had pointed to Japan's and other Asian economies' dependence on fuel from the Middle East as reason for them to get involved.

From BBC

It also has one of the world’s highest food-import dependence ratios; roughly half of the country’s caloric needs are met through imported food.

From Barron's

But if China’s dependence on Iran is limited, Iran’s dependence on China isn’t.

From Barron's