dependent
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He told Barron’s that although it’s still too early to say how current conditions will affect consumer retail food prices downstream, agriculture is very dependent on weather and climate.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
The amount was dependent on the design of ball, the speed it was travelling at, and whether it is dry or wet.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
One reason for this could be that the U.S. economy is far less dependent on fossil fuels than it was in the past, said economist Ed Yardeni of Yardeni Research.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
A strategy dependent on ever-increasing complexity and labor is a failure of imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
As a national black leader, Booker T. Washington, put it, the southern way of life was dependent on “the Negro and the mule.”
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
Vocabulary lists containing dependent
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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