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Although a major oil and gas producer, Iran sought to revive the project in the late 1980s to diversify its energy resources and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels for domestic consumption.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Private-credit funds say software companies that serve other sectors, such as healthcare, should be reported in those buckets because of their dependence on the industries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Wilson acknowledged a greater risk to international markets, owing to their heavy dependence on imported energy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Defending this approach as "pragmatic", Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told the BBC the UK needed to move away from its dependence on fossil fuels and invest more in home-grown energy.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The truth of his intellectual dependence on Beeckman was utterly intolerable to him.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton