dependency

Example Sentences

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The requirements are meant to help biofuel producers and farmers who produce ethanol and to reduce dependency on foreign oil, the EPA said.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

In South Korea, one of the biggest LNG importers, the government is pushing to reduce dependency on fossil-fuel imports with renewables.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The turn from smartphone dependency to AI is a shrewd one.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

But four years later, the dependency is still there, even though there is more than one supplier.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

But guilt doesn’t go anywhere near far enough; the appropriate emotion is shame—shame at our own dependency, in this case, on the underpaid labor of others.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich