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[dih-pen-duhnt] / dɪˈpɛn dənt /




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There’s always something, anytime you have an industry that’s dependent on a technological element and there’s competition for people’s attention.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

A weaker dollar and concerns around U.S. debt could also support gold demand, as the precious metal’s prices become less dependent on any single catalyst, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The taps installed under a government drinking water scheme had been dry for two years, she said, leaving most of the village's 1,000 residents dependent on a handful of handpumps.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

This is mainly due to concerns about people offering unsuitable foods and birds becoming dependent on humans.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

A recognition that humans are also dependent on the complex ecosystems we have so carelessly put into peril: dependent for food, for water, for shelter—for our very survival.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

Created in the early 1990s, private-placement life insurance takes advantage of tax-code provisions intended to encourage people to provide for their dependents using life insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

Predictions that AI would kill half of all white-collar jobs or create a permanent class of unemployed welfare dependents were always far-fetched.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

The mother, Yadira, applied for asylum and listed Wilber, who was 15 at the time, and his younger sister, as dependents of her case.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

The Social Security Disability Insurance is a federal program that provides cash benefits to disabled workers and their eligible dependents.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

At the end of September, Lemos found the burden of caring for all of these dependents overwhelming, and, reluctantly and tearfully, she placed four of her children in the nearby Half-Orphan Asylum.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy




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