dependence
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He has said that this new strategy will not only save countless lives, but also reform the aid sector and reduce dependence on U.S. funding.
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026
For her, a man paying on a first date is not about dependence or inequality but "effort and keeping some traditional gestures alive in modern dating".
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
Shares of banks, airlines, retailers and other industries that had struggled since February have started breaking higher, lessening the market’s dependence on hot tech stocks and catching the attention of chart-watching technical strategists.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
That valuation gap reflects persistent concerns over Qualcomm’s dependence on Apple, and a lack of willingness on Wall Street to see it as anything but a smartphone chip company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
The generation after Galileo had to acknowledge its dependence on Evidence-Indices and so, willy-nilly, it had to adopt the virtues of the judiciary.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing dependence
Psychological Conditions and Disorders
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Psychology
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Jimmy Carter, Speech from July 15, 1979
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