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dependent

[dih-pen-duhnt] / dɪˈpɛn dənt /




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The proposed regulation would apply a streamlined “economic-reality” test to determine whether a worker is economically dependent on an employer for work.

From The Wall Street Journal

If we want contributing adults rather than digitally dependent ones, we should focus less on shielding teenagers from the modern world and more on forming them to navigate it.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Tuesday, the Senedd in Cardiff approved assisted dying in Wales, dependent on the result of a bill currently going through the House of Lords at Westminster.

From BBC

The data centre expansion will increase demand on power grids that are still heavily coal dependent.

From Barron's

But Versant needs to become less dependent on traditional TV as subscriber numbers are sliding every year.

From Los Angeles Times