dependency

Example Sentences

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"I think there are some incredible opportunities that can actually lift Greenlanders from dependency to independence," Landry said in the interview.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The financial dependency on the US has therefore decreased considerably.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

It is working with U.S. company MP Materials and the Defense Department on rare-earth-metal refining efforts, making Saudi Arabia an important cog in efforts to reduce the West’s dependency on China.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Even that striking number vastly understates the U.S. and allied dependency.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 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